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Description: | The figure of Mary Magdalene is shown in prayer. Stripped of her clothes in penitence, the saint turns in contrapposto towards the cross that she holds in her hand to read from the book which lies open before her. The dark surroundings allowed the artist to use soft lighting to delicately illuminate the saint in the act of devotion. The image would have be intended to inspire similar contemplation from the viewer. The treatment of light follows trends in seventeenth-century Neapolitan art. | Subjects: | religion (Mary Magdalene); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian (Neapolitan) School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8902... | Go to resource |
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