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Penitent Magdalene
Artist El Greco
Year 1576–1578
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 164 cm × 121 cm (65 in × 48 in)
Location National Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Penitent Magdalene is a 1576–1578 painting by El Greco depicting Mary Magdalene, produced during his first period in Toledo and showing the major influence of Titian on him at that time. It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.

Variants

A c. 1577 version is now in the Worcester Art Museum, whilst a later c.1580–1585 version is in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. A different composition on the subject from 1585–1590 is in the Cau Ferrat Museum.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Magdalena penitente (El Greco, Budapest) para niños

  • List of works by El Greco
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