The Master of the Female Half-Lengths, “Mary Magdalene Holding The Unguent Jar”

The Master of the Female Half-Lengths, Mary Magdalene Holding The Unguent Jar (est. £200,000–300,000) sold for £866,500 ($1,485,095). Photo: Sotheby’s

The Master of the Female Half-Lengths, Mary Magdalene Holding The Unguent Jar (est. £200,000–300,000) sold for £866,500 ($1,485,095). The artist’s previous auction record was for The Magdalene Playing The Lute, which sold at Christie’s London in 2002 for £479,650 ($741,459). Photo: Sotheby’s

The Master of the Female Half-Lengths, Mary Magdalene Holding The Unguent Jar (est. £200,000–300,000) sold for £866,500 ($1,485,095). The artist’s previous auction record was for The Magdalene Playing The Lute, which sold at Christie’s London in 2002 for £479,650 ($741,459).
Photo: Sotheby’s


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