Penitent Magdalene ---------
Emilian Master of the 17th Century ---------
Oil on canvas --------
Important carved and gilded wooden frame --------
Canvas cm. 65 x 80 ---------Frame cm. 90 x 105 ---------
Excellent condition --------- Recent relining ---------
Beautiful canvas depicting a Magdalene with an expression full of sweetness, portrayed very young while, with a hand on the skull, a symbol of the brevity of earthly life, she casts her gaze on the crucifix in a moment of penance. ------
The protagonist presents herself in a modest way, without exposing her nudity as is customary, but conveys a sense of great modesty.------
The author of the canvas manages to give great expressive force to this image with an intense message of Faith. ------
All the characteristics of the painting, which is also very particular in the features of the face, lead us to place it in the manner of Emilian painting of the 17th century. ---------
The author is part of the circle of painters gravitating around the workshop of Guido Reni and probably in contact with the Great Master ------
The work is perfectly relined and is in excellent condition inside an important carved and gilded wooden frame.
