Oil painting on canvas. Italian school of the 17th century.
According to iconographic tradition, Magdalene is depicted scantily clad, with her long hair loose, while she ecstatically contemplates the Crucifix which she holds in her arms here, with a loving attitude.
In front of her, resting on a surface, three of her iconographic symbols: the meditation book, the skull, Memento mori par excellence, and the jar with the precious ointment with which the woman, according to the Gospel story, anointed the feet of Jesus , anticipation of both the death of Jesus and his royal role.
The figure is placed on a dark, non-outlined background, from which she emerges with the light color of her complexion and the red of the cloth that surrounds her loins. The painting is on first canvas; has a small patch. It is presented in a stylish frame.
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PLATINUM Seller in Milano, Italy
