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Penitent Magdalene (c. 1635). Oil on canvas, 90.8 x 74.3 cm (35.7 x 29.2 in). Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Summary

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Guido Reni: The Penitent Magdalene  wikidata:Q28796166 reasonator:Q28796166
Artist
Guido Reni  (1575–1642)  wikidata:Q109061 q:it:Guido Reni
 
Guido Reni
Alternative names
Guido Rhenus
il Guido
Description Italian painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death 4 November 1575 / 4 November 1575 Edit this at Wikidata 18 August 1642 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Calvenzano Bologna Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Bologna (1599-1600), Rome (1600-1602), Bologna (1603-1605), Rome (1605-1610), Bologna (1611-1612), Rome (1612), Bologna (1615-1616), Mantua (1617-1621), Rome (1622-1629), Naples (1624-1626, 1640-1642)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q109061

Details on Google Art Project
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Penitent Magdalene
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: According to Christian tradition, after meeting Christ, Mary Magdalene repented of her former sinful ways. With her ivory skin and long golden hair, the beautiful Magdalene turns her gaze toward heaven. Her cross and the skull make it clear she is meditating on the brevity of life and the salvation made possible by Christ's death.
Reni created an idealized, as well as classical style influenced by ancient sculpture and by the Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). This influence is visible in the Magdalene's rounded, even features, painted so smoothly that the strokes seem to disappear, in contrast with the broad, energetic strokes used for the drapery, more typical of 17th-century painting. Images of female saints sometimes depicted in a seductive manner, were very popular with some artists and patrons in the 17th century, and Reni painted many versions of this composition.
Depicted people Mary Magdalene Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1635
date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Baroque)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 90.8 cm (35.7 in); width: 74.3 cm (29.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,90.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,74.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Current location
Level Charles Street: Third Floor (Details of level on Google Art Project) room 17th-Century Art (Details of room on Google Art Project)
Accession number
37.2631
Object history
  • Cardinal Antonio Barberini [?], Rome, by 1671
  • Prince Maffeo Barberini [?], after 1672
  • Cardinal Flavio Chigi, Rome, by 1692
  • Chigi family, Rome, by descent
  • Neville
  • Sale, Christie's, London, March 2, 1804, no. 60
  • George, 7th Baron Kinnaird (d. 1805), Rossie Priory, Inchture, Scotland, by purchase
  • Charles, 8th Baron Kinnaird (d. 1826), by descent
  • Sale, Phillips, London, May 21, 1811, no. 5, unsold
  • Sale, Sotheby's, London, February 26, 1812, lot 77, unsold
  • 12th Baron Kinnaird, by descent
  • Sale, Christie's, London, June 21, 1946, no. 31
  • Private collection, Netherlands
  • Sale, B. V. Vendu Notarishuis, Rotterdam, February 26, 1987, no. 75
  • Piero Corsini, Inc., New York, 1987
  • Walters Art Museum, 1987, by purchase
Exhibition history
  • The Divine Guido: The Paintings of Guido Reni. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, 40126 Bologna; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. 1988-1989.
  • Saints and Sinners: Caravaggio and the Baroque Image. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. 1999.
  • Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
  • A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004.
Notes More info at museum site
References
Source/Photographer NwFcMcBls1vTaQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
Other versions
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Public domain

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