The Penitent Magdalen. Artist: Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, Molfetta 1703-1766 Naples). Dimensions: 63 x 46 1/2 in. (160 x 118.1 cm). Date: ca. 1750.According to the <i>Golden Legend</i>, Mary Magdalen ended her life in a cave near Marseilles where she was visited daily by angels, their songs her only nourishment. Giaquinto shows her dressed as penitent (around her chest she wears a cilice, or penitential hairshirt), her gaze focused on the gesturing angel and the crown of thorns displayed by a cherub. The picture was painted for Cardinal Mario Bolognetti (1690-1756) in Rome. Giaquinto was the foremost decorative fresco painter in Italy after Tiepolo, but this moving work shows him no less a master of religious painting. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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The Penitent Magdalen. Artist: Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, Molfetta 1703-1766 Naples). Dimensions: 63 x 46 1/2 in. (160 x 118.1 cm). Date: ca. 1750.According to the <i>Golden Legend</i>, Mary Magdalen ended her life in a cave near Marseilles where she was visited daily by angels, their songs her only nourishment. Giaquinto shows her dressed as penitent (around her chest she wears a cilice, or penitential hairshirt), her gaze focused on the gesturing angel and the crown of thorns displayed by a cherub. The picture was painted for Cardinal Mario Bolognetti (1690-1756) in Rome. Giaquinto was the foremost decorative fresco painter in Italy after Tiepolo, but this moving work shows him no less a master of religious painting. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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