The contrite Magdalene, Charles Le Brun;   ?
Charles Le Brun
The contrite Magdalene
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Charles Le Brun: Sainte Madeleine repentante (Sainte Madeleine voulant suivre Jésus-Christ renonce aux biens et plaisirs terrestres) / Die reuige Magdalena, ca. 1650, Öl auf Leinwand, 252 x 171 cm. Inv. Nr. 2890, Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures, Paris

Charles Le Brun ?

The contrite Magdalene, ca. 1650

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The contrite Magdalene
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Bezeichnet unter der Darstellung auf dem Montierungsbogen in der Kartusche: C Lebrun de. du Cabinet de Mariette
Unten rechts Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097)
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Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
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  • 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)36(+0) the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven (+ variant)
  • 41D2211(+6) veil (+ undressing, taking off clothes)
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15.05.2023