# Studies of the Mourning Magdalen and the Virgin

- By: Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
- Date: c. 1635 - c. 1636
- Medium: paper, chalk
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 201 mm x width 143 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1947-213--141195258233dd786d830ab705e97e70)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/c9cddb06f9e257de7ad152fb42675730.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In the 1630s Rembrandt painted a series on the suffering of Christ, the Passion. Commissioned by Prince Frederick Henry, the project was discussed via the Prince’s secretary, Constantijn Huygens. Here Rembrandt tried out various poses for the figures of Mary Magdalene (in pen) and the Virgin (in red chalk) in The Entombment. As he later wrote to Huygens, he was seeking the ‘most natural emotions’ of the figures.