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Description: | The iconography in this painting of the penitent Mary Magdalene is emphatic in conveying her moral and religious significance. She is viewed as a repentant courtesan, her nudity alluding to the sins of the flesh while her hair indicates both her shame in covering herself and the hair with which she wiped Jesus' feet. The whip and the skull represent penance and human mortality; and the Bible, crucifix and bread refer to the righteousness of Christianity and the sacrifice of Jesus for mankind. The cave setting is consistent with the apocryphal tradition that she lived out her penance in the mountains of France. | Subjects: | religion (Mary Magdalene); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Trevisani, Francesco (Italian painter, 1656-1746) Æ Imitator of Previously attributed to after Reni, Guido (Italian painter and draftsman, 1575-1642) Previously attributed to Zurbarán, Francisco de (Spanish painter, 1598-1664) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8917... | Go to resource |
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