Art, literature & history
The Penitent St. Mary Magdalen
1742
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Red chalk
- Dimensions
- 19 5/16 x 13 1/16 in. (49.1 x 33.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 1984.312
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Charles Parrocel. The Penitent St. Mary Magdalen. Charles Parrocel; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1984. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Penitent St. Mary Magdalen — Charles Parrocel. 1742.
Medium: Red chalk. Dimensions: 19 5/16 x 13 1/16 in. (49.1 x 33.2 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1984.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.