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  1. The Penitent Magdalen. Georges de La Tour French. ca. 1640. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 622. With its extreme contrasts of candlelight and shadow, pared-down geometry, and meditative mood, this painting exemplifies La Tour’s painting at its most accomplished and characteristic. These visual qualities were a powerful ...

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  2. Magdalene with Two Flames or The Penitent Magdalene is an undated oil-on-canvas painting created c.1640 by the French painter Georges de La Tour. In 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman gave it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it still hangs.

  3. Learn about the painting by French Baroque artist Georges de la Tour, depicting Mary Magdalene's contrition and faith. See the contrast of light and dark, the skull as a memento mori, and the location of the artwork.

  4. Title: The Penitent Magdalen; Creator: Georges de La Tour; Date Created: ca. 1640; Physical Dimensions: 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm) Type: Painting ...

  5. Georges de La Tour, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1972, no. 15, repro., as La Madeleine Fabius. 1993 Georges de La Tour's "Repentant Magdalene", National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993, brochure, color repro. on cover. 1993 Masterpiece in Focus: The Magdalenes of Georges de la Tour, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993-1994. 1996

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  7. The Repentant Magdalen. Georges de La Tour c. 1635/1640. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Washington, DC, United States. According to the tenets of the 17th–century Catholic church, Mary Magdalene was an example of the repentant sinner and consequently a symbol of the Sacrament of Penance. According to legend, Mary led a dissolute life ...

  8. Georges de La Tour, 1640. 133.4 cm 102.2 cm. The Penitent Magdalene is a Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting created by Georges de La Tour in 1640. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Mary Magdalene and Skulls. Source Download See The Penitent Magdalene in the Kaleidoscope.

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