1565_Pentitent_Mary_Magdalene_Titian.txt

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Titian 1487/90 – 1576
Penitent Mary Magdalene

oil on canvas (118 × 97 cm) — ca. 1565
Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Titian biography

This work is linked to Luke 8:2

This painting is more prudent than the version Titian painted in the 1530's. Standing next to Mary is her traditional attribute: the pot with ointment she used to anoint Jesus' feet, just before the last supper.