The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1750, Oil on canvas, 63 x 46 1/2 in. (160 x 118.1 cm), Paintings, Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, Molfetta 1703–1766 Naples), According to the Golden Legend, Mary Magdalen ended her life in a cave near Marseilles where she was visited daily by angels, their songs her only nourishment. Giaquinto shows her dressed as penitent (around her chest she wears a cilice, or penitential hairshirt), her gaze focused on the gesturing angel and the crown of thorns displayed by a cherub
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Penitent Magdalen, ca, 1750, Oil, canvas, 63 x 46 1/2, 160 118.1 cm, Paintings, Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, Molfetta, 1703–1766, Naples, According, Golden Legend, Mary Magdalen ended, life, cave, Marseilles, visited daily, angels, songs, nourishment, Giaquinto, dressed, penitent, chest, wears, cilice, penitential hairshirt, gaze focused, gesturing angel, crown, thorns displayed, cherub
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