Marie Jonas de la Motte

The Penitent Mary Magdalene by Dirck Bleker, with Marie Jonas de la Motte as model for Mary Magdalene.

Marie Jonas de la Motte (14 November 1627, Delft – after 1683) was a Dutch art model, prostitute and procurer. She is known as the model of the artist Dirck Bleker.[1] A prostitute from at least 1652, she was a procurer and the madam of a brothel from 1665 onward.[2]

  1. ^ Blankert, Albert (1999). Dutch classicism in seventeenth-century painting. NAi Publishers. p. 248.
  2. ^ Hell, Maarten (13 January 2014). "Motte, Marie Jonas de la (1627-na 1683)" (in Dutch). Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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