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Caravaggio (1571-1610) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1597 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 98.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Portrayed in an unadorned environment and sitting on a low chair, as if crushed by the shot from above, with a single ray…