Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) probably mid-1450s Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.7 x 27.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Uccello is best known for his battle scenes for the Medici palace and for frescoes in the…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Madeleine au désert, Méditation (Mary Magdalene in the Desert, Meditation) 1869 Oil on canvas, 52.5 x 36.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1650–1665 Oil on canvas, 46.67 x 46.36 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Deposizione (The Entombment) c.1530 Etching and drypoint, 33.02 × 24.13 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1577 Oil on canvas, 108 x 101.3 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1576–1577 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616 Oil on panel, 126.2 × 96.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this half-length biblical painting, an aged woman offering tempting jewels—possibly the proprietor of a brothel—and an angel bestowing spiritual…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Cristo sulla croce (Christ on the Cross) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 149 x 90 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1576–1577 Oil on canvas, 156.5 × 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1577 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Descent from the Cross before 1443 Oil on panel, 204.5 x 261.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Descent from the Cross was painted for the Chapel of Our Lady Outside the Walls at Leuven, which…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Pietà 1575–1576 Oil on canvas, 353 x 347 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Detail with Titian’s self-portrait as an old man kneeling before Christ.