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IIn the New Testament, Mary from the town of Magdala was one of Christ's most loyal followers. Later tradition associated her with a reformed prostitute. The merging of these identities produced emotionally powerful images of a remorseful yet alluring young woman, meditating on death. Many people kept skulls for meditational purposes. Spadarino is one of several painters in Rome in the early 1600s who explored dramatic, compact compositions of a few figures in a dark space illuminated by a strong light, much like a modern "spotlight," an approach made famous by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610).
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Document identity
localId
5083
label
Saint Mary Magdalene
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
5083
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Saint Mary Magdalene
description
IIn the New Testament, Mary from the town of Magdala was one of Christ's most loyal followers. Later tradition associated her with a reformed prostitute. The merging of these identities produced emotionally powerful images of a remorseful yet alluring young woman, meditating on death. Many people kept skulls for meditational purposes. Spadarino is one of several painters in Rome in the early 1600s who explored dramatic, compact compositions of a few figures in a dark space illuminated by a strong light, much like a modern "spotlight," an approach made famous by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610).
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 231, as Caravaggio]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1625-1635 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
133
height
98.7
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 52 3/8 x W: 38 7/8 in. (133 x 98.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman Baroque
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
7031
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
2111
2129
721
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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