File:Guido Reni - The Penitent Magdalene - Google Art Project.jpg
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Summary
Guido Reni: The Penitent Magdalene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q109061 Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
The Penitent Magdalene |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | religious art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: According to Christian tradition, after meeting Christ, Mary Magdalene repented of her former sinful ways. With her ivory skin and long golden hair, the beautiful Magdalene turns her gaze toward heaven. Her cross and the skull make it clear she is meditating on the brevity of life and the salvation made possible by Christ's death.
Reni created an idealized, as well as classical style influenced by ancient sculpture and by the Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). This influence is visible in the Magdalene's rounded, even features, painted so smoothly that the strokes seem to disappear, in contrast with the broad, energetic strokes used for the drapery, more typical of 17th-century painting. Images of female saints sometimes depicted in a seductive manner, were very popular with some artists and patrons in the 17th century, and Reni painted many versions of this composition. |
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Depicted people | Mary Magdalene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1635 date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Baroque) |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 90.8 cm (35.7 in); width: 74.3 cm (29.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,90.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,74.3U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Current location |
Level Charles Street: Third Floor (Details of level on Google Art Project) room 17th-Century Art (Details of room on Google Art Project) |
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Accession number |
37.2631 |
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Object history |
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Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | NwFcMcBls1vTaQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
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