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The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1640, Oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm), Paintings, Georges de La Tour (French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593–1653 Lunéville), A sinner, perhaps a courtesan, Mary Magdalen was a witness of Christ who renounced the pleasures of the flesh for a life of penance and contemplation. She is shown with a mirror, symbol of vanity; a skull, emblem of mortality; and a candle that probably stands for her spiritual enlightenment.

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The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1640, Oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm), Paintings, Georges de La Tour (French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593–1653 Lunéville), A sinner, perhaps a courtesan, Mary Magdalen was a witness of Christ who renounced the pleasures of the flesh for a life of penance and contemplation. She is shown with a mirror, symbol of vanity; a skull, emblem of mortality; and a candle that probably stands for her spiritual enlightenment

Personalities:

GEORGES DE LA TOUR

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Album / quintlox

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3614 x 5214 px | 53.9 MB

Print size:

30.6 x 44.1 cm | 12.0 x 17.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

133.4 102.2 CM • 1593–1653 • 1640 • 52 1/2 X 40 1/4 • ANATOMY: SKULL • CANDLE • CANVAS • CHRIST • CHRISTIAN • CONTEMPLATION • COURTESAN • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • EMBLEM • EMBLEMS • FLESH • FRENCH • GEORGES DE LA TOUR • JESUS C • JESUS CHRIST • JESUS CHRISTUS • JESUS • LIFE • LUNEVILLE • MADONNA • MARIA • MARY • MIRROR • MORTALITY • OIL • PAINTINGS • PENANCE • PENITENT MAGDALEN • PERHAPS • PLEASURES • RENOUNCED • SHOWN • SIMBOLOS • SINNER • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT • STANDS • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • VANITY • VIC-SUR-SEILLE • VIRGIN MARY • WITNESS (MALE) • WITNESS (TO A SALE) • WITNESS • ÇA