Download hi-res imageTITLEPenitent St. Mary Magdalen AUTHORGiampietrino (Gian Pietro Rizzoli) DATEc. 1520 OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIALOil on panel DIMENSIONScm 50 x 60 INVENTORY454 ROOMXII Work on display
Giampietrino was one of the longest-lived perpetuators of Leonardo’s tradition. A major part of his output consisted in pictures for private use depicting the sensual Magdalens, goddesses and heroines from the Bible and ancient history much appreciated by cultivated private patrons, as we can see from this luminous Magdalen, unspoilt by penitence, given to the Brera in 1835 by Giulia Beccaria, Cesare’s daughter and the mother of writer Alessandro Manzoni.
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