The Penitent Mary Magdalene
around 1622/28 | Orazio Lomi Gentileschi
Fully possessed of her physical beauty, the repentant sinner lies on the ground in her lonely cave, her look turned heavenwards towards the light. Her simple attire shows her repudiation of earthly vanity, while the skull and opened book indicate her inner conversion and devotion to spirituality.
Fully possessed of her physical beauty, the repentant sinner lies on the ground in her lonely cave, her look turned heavenwards towards the light. Her simple attire shows her repudiation of earthly vanity, while the skull and opened book indicate her inner conversion and devotion to spirituality.
Artist:
Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563 Pisa - 1639 London) DNB
Time:
around 1622/28
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Caravaggio and Caravaggesque painting
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
rechts beschnitten: Overall: 163 x 208 cm
Framed: 186,5 cm × 225 cm × 8 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower right: HORATIVS GENE ...FLORENTINVS
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 179
Provenance
Until 1648 Coll. Buckingham; 1685 imperial Coll. Prague; 1783 documented in the gallery in Vienna