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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.

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.

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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