Mary Magdalene (Artemisia Gentileschi)
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1620
The story
Penitent Magdalene is a 1616–1618 painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. This painting hangs in the Pitti Palace in Florence. The subject is the biblical figure Mary Magdalene, but the painting references another biblical woman, Mary, the sister of Lazarus. This painting was likely painted during Gentileschi's Florentine period. A defaced replica of the painting was found in a cellar in Germany in 2011.
- Artist
- Artemisia Gentileschi
- Date
- 1620
- Collection
- Palatine Gallery, Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 146.5 × 108 cm
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