# Grimani Breviary: Mary Magdalen Penitent [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DAVID, Gerard]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. lat. I 99\), 280 x 215 mm ## Commentary Grimani Breviary: Mary Magdalen Penitent 1510s Manuscript \(Ms. lat. I 99\), 280 x 215 mm Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice The <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/21griman/index.html'\)" href="/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/21griman/index.html">Grimani Breviary</a> is one of the most famous and best known illuminated manuscript. It contains 831 pages with 110 pictures all of them in a decorated frame. It was produced in Ghent and Bruges by a group of illuminators, among whom were Simon Bening and the panel painter and illuminator Gerard David, who was enlisted to produce some exquisitely painted heads in important miniatures and at least one full-page miniature, Mary Magdalen Penitent. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Kings \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Kings]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Breviary of Isabella of Castile]() - [Canon Bernardinus de Salviatis with Three Saints]() - [Christ Nailed to the Cross]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Forest scenes]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()