Mary Magdalene Penitent

Guido Reni (1575-1642)

This canvas is one of Guido Reni’s mature works, from the time when he was making religious paintings with a greater focus on inner spiritual life. The Bologna-born artist made many paintings of Mary Magdalene, but this one differs from the others in its more monumental composition and in the unusual pose of the penitent saint, who appears among the rocks with a skull in her hand, enthralled as she looks at an angel pointing to the sky. Even though of great impact, the work is unfinished.

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• TITLE

  Mary Magdalene Penitent

• AUTHOR

  Guido Reni (1575-1642)

• INVENTARIO

  130

• DATE

  c. 1640

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on canvas

• DIMENSIONS

  200 × 133 cm

• SUBJECT

  Sacred art

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  17th century painting

• ROOM

  13