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| Artist | Attributed to school of Werff, Adriaen van der (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1659-1722) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to after Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) Previously attributed to Verkolje, Jan, I (Dutch painter and printmaker, 1650-1693) |
| Title | The Penitent Magdalene |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1700 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1750 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 69.8 x 53 cm |
| Inscription | front cr 'In te Domine speravi' |
| Description | Mary Magdalene, in a pink-red dress with blue cloak, kneels before an altar with hands crossed before her breast. On the altar table, an open book is propped up on a skull, and above is a model of Christ on the cross. A motto is inscribed on a ribbon on the saint's left arm'. |
| Subject | religion (Magdalene) |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 29 |
| Previous accession number(s) | 48 (1855); 506 (1893) |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. |
| Principal publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 5, no. 48, as after A. van Dyck; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 145, no. 506, as by J. Verkolje I; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 150, no. 29, II, p. 87, as by a follower of A. van der Werff, 'quite possibly by Philip van Dyk (1680-1753)'. |
| Notes | The inscription is from the first verses of Psalms 30: 'My hope is in thee my lord.' |
| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Robert Wenley |
