Penitent_Magdalene_(El_Greco)

<i>Penitent Magdalene</i> (El Greco)

Penitent Magdalene (El Greco)

Painting by El Greco

Penitent Magdalene is a 1576–1578 painting by El Greco depicting Mary Magdalene, produced during his first period in Toledo and showing the major influence of Titian on him at that time.[1] It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.

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Variants

A c. 1577 version is now in the Worcester Art Museum, whilst a later c.1580–1585 version is in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.[2] A different composition on the subject from 1585–1590 is in the Cau Ferrat Museum.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Scholz, pag. 26.
  2. [2]
    "The Penitent Magdalene". European Collection. Nelson-Atkins Museum

Bibliography

  • (in Spanish) ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»).
  • (in Spanish) SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1
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