The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1750, Oil on canvas, 63 x 46 1/2 in. (160 x cm), Paintings, Corrado Giaquinto (Italian

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The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1750, Oil on canvas, 63 x 46 1/2 in. (160 x 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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