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    "localId": "3459",
    "label": "The Penitent Magdalene",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1130"
}

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    "id": "3459",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1130",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Penitent Magdalene",
    "description": "According to Catholic tradition, Mary Magdalene was a beautiful woman who had led a sinful life. Upon meeting Christ, she repented of her former ways. This painting characteristically depicts Mary Magdalene as a young woman with long blond hair, bared chest, and pale skin. Her eyes are turned sorrowfully towards God, and she is represented with a cross and a skull. Crespi has imitated the famous depictions of the same subject by another great Bolognese painter Guido Reni (Walters 37.2631). Exquisitely executed, the painting's small size indicates that it was a private devotional image for prayer and meditation.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 440, pp. 551-552.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1725-1730 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1130",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.5,
            "height": 17.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Painted surface H: 9 1/4 x W: 7 1/16 in. (23.5 x 17.9 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] Later inscription engraved on the back of the copper sheet: CARLO CIGNANI FECE",
    "med": "oil on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7138",
        "1913"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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