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Biblical and Historical PaintingsDebated Attribution
Noli me Tangere
- Catalog
- WD-D10
- Artist
- Willem Drost
- Year
- c. 1650–52
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with touches of white
- Dimensions
- 19.7 × 18.5 cm
- Location
- Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Description
A pen drawing depicting the moment when the risen Christ appears to Mary Magdalene and tells her "Noli me tangere" (Touch me not), from John 20:17. The composition relates directly to a painting by Drost.
Analysis
This drawing is cited in the Harvard Art Museums catalog as one of the key works establishing Drost's graphic style: the handling of the landscape and rocky setting resembles that in the Harvard Eliezer and Rebecca drawing. The drawing relates directly to a painting by Drost of the same subject, providing a basis for attributing the considerable oeuvre of drawings now assigned to him. Pen and brown ink with touches of white, 197 × 185 mm. SMK, Copenhagen, KKS7049.