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3 unusual facts about The Magdalen Reading


The Magdalen Reading

There is a further small panel in Lisbon of a female head, richly or royally dressed, which first appeared in 1907 with the Joseph panel when it was recorded in the inventory of Leo Nardus at Suresnes.

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The view through the window is of a distant canal, with an archer atop the garden wall and a figure walking on the other side of the water, whose reflection shows in the water.

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These two works were not recorded in inventory until 1907, when they appear in the collection of Léo Lardus in Suresnes, France.



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