# Martha and Mary Magdalene

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FERRARI, Giovanni Andrea de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-giovanni-andrea-de-r7d0b57fdcbbca7>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 125 x 90 cm

## Commentary

In composition and overall approach to subject matter Giovanni Andrea appears to have been influenced by &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/c/caravagg/02/16martha.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/c/caravagg/02/16martha.html&#34;&gt;Caravaggio&#39;s canvas of the same subject.&lt;/a&gt; However, while Caravaggio&#39;s composition is underpinned by a complex visual and literal tradition associated with this subject, Giovanni Andrea&#39;s interpretation appears to be more closely associated with allegorical genre scenes by Venetian masters, such as Titian or Palma Vecchio. Such influence could only have been transmuted into Giovanni Andrea&#39;s work through his most influential master, Bernardo Strozzi. Several borrowings from Strozzi are apparent in the present work.

## Attribution

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