Lot 1699
H** THOMPSON (19th Century), AFTER CORREGGIO (1489-1534)
`THE DRESDEN MAGDALENE`
Oil on panel
29 x 39.5cm.
Bears inscribed label verso reading Copy of the exquisite Magdalen in the Dresden Gallery/ by Correggio, same size by H. Thompson R.A./ Christies sale from Mr. Ottley's Collection £40.19. Correggio's original was lost or destroyed during World War II.
Provenance: William Young Ottley (1771-1836), his sale, Christies, 1811 or 1837
