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| Keywords: Giuseppe Maria Crespi - The Penitent Magdalene - Walters 371130.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Giuseppe Maria Crespi According to Catholic tradition Mary Magdalene was a beautiful woman who had led a sinful life Upon meeting Christ she repented of her former ways This painting characteristically depicts Mary Magdalene as a young woman with long blond hair bared chest and pale skin Her eyes are turned sorrowfully towards God and she is represented with a cross and a skull Crespi has imitated the famous depictions of the same subject by another great Bolognese painter Guido Reni Walters 37 2631 Exquisitely executed the painting's small size indicates that it was a private devotional image for prayer and meditation Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 440 551-552 ca 1725 1730 Baroque oil on copper Painted surface cm 23 5 17 9 accession number 37 1130 3459 Henry Walters Baltimore prior to 1909 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1909 Transcription Later inscription engraved on the back of the copper sheet CARLO CIGNANI FECE place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Giuseppe Maria Crespi Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 1720s paintings from Italy 1720s paintings in the United States Oil on copper 18th-century religious paintings in the United States 18th-century paintings of Mary Magdalene Oval paintings of females Paintings of penitent Magdalene Women looking up in art | ||||
