# The Penitent Magdalene

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PITTONI, Giambattista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 48 x 38 cm

## Commentary

The Penitent Magdalene c. 1740 Oil on canvas, 48 x 38 cm Gallerie dell&#39;Accademia, Venice This painting served as the working model for the artist&#39;s painting in the church of Santa Maria Maddalene dei Padri Cappuccini in Parma. The subject is the closing scene in the life of the Saint, after she had renounced her worldly goods and retired to a hermitage.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/annunciation-ra8fc0a5962358f>)
- [David and Bathsheba](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/david-and-bathsheba-rdaea8661af7f6d>)
- [Death of Sophonisba](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/death-of-sophonisba-r6d6b4164b8ff4e>)
- [Hagar in the Desert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/hagar-in-the-desert-r1654d0d28a7faa>)
- [Sacrifice of Isaac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/sacrifice-of-isaac-rfeee62449d864d>)
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- [St Roch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/st-roch-rda999b81263275>)
- [Sts Jerome and Peter of Alcantara](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/sts-jerome-and-peter-of-alcantara-r88f2b8bf2de6f5>)
- [The Death of Joseph](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/the-death-of-joseph-r37737150a5251d>)
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- [The Torture of St Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pittoni-giambattista-r6c3c50e7dfa2b4/the-torture-of-st-thomas-rc58778f9ec61d7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)