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The Tavitian donation at the Clark Art Institute (4)
25/5/25 - Acquisitions - Williamstown, Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute - We continue here the long-term task of cataloguing the works in the Tavitian bequest to the Clark Institute with a few paintings by artists who were active in Italy, sometimes considered Italian themselves, but who were originally from other European countries.
Penitent Magdalene, c. 1640–1650
Oil on canvas – 110 x 92 cm
Williamstown, Clark Art Institute
Photo: Wikimedia (public domain)
The first painting is by an artist who is often considered French. However, he was born in Maubeuge, which was then part of the Spanish Netherlands, trained in Antwerp in the studio of a Flemish artist, Abraham Janssens, had a…
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