Georges de La Tour, 1640 - The Penitent Magdalen - fine art print

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The Penitent Magdalen is an artwork created by the French painter Georges de La Tour in 1640. The 380 years old artwork measures the size 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in (133,4 x 102,2 cm) and was painted on the medium oil on canvas. Nowadays, this work of art forms part of the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978 (public domain). : Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a ratio of 1 : 1.4, meaning that the length is 29% shorter than the width. Georges de La Tour was a male painter of French nationality, whose style can mainly be classified as Baroque. The artist was born in the year 1593 in Vic-sur-Seille, Grand Est, France and died at the age of 60 in 1653.

What does the original artwork description of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art state about this work of art painted by Georges de La Tour? (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A sinner, perhaps a courtesan, Mary Magdalen was a witness of Christ who renounced the pleasures of the flesh for a life of penance and contemplation. She is shown with a mirror, symbol of vanity; a skull, emblem of mortality; and a candle that probably stands for her spiritual enlightenment. The style of La Tour, a native of the duchy of Lorraine in eastern France, is much indebted to Caravaggesque painting. The contrast of candlelight and shadow, the pure geometry of form, and the meditative mood characterize the pictures for which he is famous.

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