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
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les péchés capitaux dominés par la mort (The deadly sins dominated by death) 1904 Etching on paper, 16 x 24.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Squelettes voulant se chauffer (Skeletons Wanting to Warm Themselves) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 60 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth James Ensor was one of the most original painters of the late nineteenth century. Populated with…
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) Santa Teresa de Jesús (Saint Teresa of Jesus) c.1645 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 104.4 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Girolamo penitente (Saint Jerome in penitence) 1634 Oil on canvas, 126 × 78 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Jerome in penitence is one of the episodes from the life of a saint whom Ribera depicted on a…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Tentazioni di San Gerolamo (Temptations of St. Jerome) 1541 Oil on panel, 170 x 122.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I beati domenicani I (The Dominican Blessed) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.8 x 21.9 cm National Gallery, London The Dominican Blessed, both friars and nuns, dressed in the distinctive black and white habits of the Dominican Order, are…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1420–1423 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 63.8 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico accentuates the drama of the Crucifixion by showing the Virgin collapsed in grief with…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1290–1295 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze