Tag: penitent

Maddalena penitente (1645-1649)

Guercino (1591-1666) Maddalena penitente (Mary Magdalene in Penitence) 1645–1649 Oil on canvas, 119.8 x 101.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Mary Magdalene is one of the most famous saints in Christianity, for having known Christ and because she represented the…

San Girolamo penitente (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo penitente (St. Jerome in Penitence) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di…

Maddalena penitente (1808-1809)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Maddalena penitente (Repentant Mary Magdalene) 1808–1809 Marble, h. 95 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Canova, an outstanding sculptor of the late 18th – early 19th century, the head of the school of Neoclassicism in Rome, did not often…