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.1616–1617 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…
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.
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino e Maria Maddalena (Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 98 x 82 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 119 x 97 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian turned to the subject of the repentant Mary Magdalene on several occasions, but this version he kept for himself in his…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Pietà 1633 Oil on canvas, 157 × 210 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present canvas is signed and dated “Jusepe de Ribera español 1633” on the stone at the lower right corner, a formula used by the artist…