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The Penitent Mary Magdalene,
1596-97
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In "The Penitent Mary Magdalene" Carvaggio
depiction of
Mary Magdalene seemed so lifelike that it was once believed to have been a
simple portrait of a girl drying her hair, only retrospectively dignified with
a religious title. The repentant Mary Magdalene was a much talked about subject of the
the times, but Caravaggio's version should have been recognized as heretical,
especially by the man who commissioned it--a Catholic Monsignor named Petrignani.
The painting shows a young girl
in her teens or twenties seated on a low stool, one tear running down her
cheek, with her hands in her lap. It is the position of the hands in the
painting that give the telltale clue that something is amiss in the scene.
Unlike most of his
contemporaries who drew their compositions from their own imaginations,
Caravaggio used live models while working, He therefore became very skilled
in
depicting naturalistic poses, and it is surprising that in this painting
Mary Magdalene's hands do not seem to be naturally placed in her lap, unless
Caravaggio had instructed his model to pretend she was cradling a baby. Mary
has also set aside the jewelry a baby might grab, and even has on her lap a
baby's support cushion.
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Mary Magdalene's popularity can be seen in the
many paintings in which she appears, especially from the 12th to the 16th
centuries. Devotion to her was strongly rooted in the Low Countries, in
Italy, France, Germany and Spain.
The image of the penitent Mary Magdalene enjoyed
great popularity between the years 1650-1750. Cardinal Baronius, in his very
critical and hard-hitting polemics against Protestantism, employed
the subject (along with that of the penitent St Peter) to emphasize the
necessity and validity of penance, a sacrament discarded by the reformers.
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Jusepe de Ribera's
The Assumption of Mary Magdalene,
1636
Museum quality 18"x24" art print, only $64.99!
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The Assumption of Mary Magdalene has been
frequently represented, she being borne to heaven by angels. Ribera's
picture in the Louvre is a zenith of composition and color,
and is a delightful example of his art since it has none of the common repulsive
features of many of his pictures. In too many cases the Magdalene of the
Assumptions might as suitably be called a Venus or a Cleopatra, upheld by
cupids.
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Ribera became an acute painter of still lifes, and
of landscapes. His skill at the latter is evident in an extraordinarily supple
rendition of the Bay of Naples that forms the backdrop for "The Assumption of
Mary Magdalene." In part Ribera's
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Jules Lefebvre's
Mary Magdalene in the Cave, 1876
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre was an apprentice of Leon Cogniet
from 1852 and competed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1853 until
he won the Prix de Rome in 1861. In Rome he was influenced by Mannerism, and
especially by Andrea del Sarto, whose works he copied. Lefebvre drew with
precise draftsmanship, using delicate colors and a lubricity in all of his
works.
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Beginning in the late 15th century, Mary Magdalene's body
becomes increasingly eroticized. This trend continued to gain steam as time
passed on. In
Lefebvre's "Mary Magdalene in the Cave", Mary is lying in a cave with
her legs slightly crossed, her long hair flowing gently on her left hand side.
The work was completed in 1876.
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| Nicolas Poussin |
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