# Saint Mary Magdalen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERO della FRANCESCA]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco, 190 x 105 cm ## Commentary PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA \(b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro\) Saint Mary Magdalen 1460 Fresco, 190 x 105 cm Duomo, Arezzo More or less at the same time as he was working on the final scenes of the San Francesco cycle, Piero was given another important commission in Arezzo: the fresco of Mary Magdalen in the Cathedral. This monumental figure is created entirely by large patches of bright colours, rather like an early 16th-century Venetian painting. Yet even with this new use of colour Piero still concentrates on the attention to detail typical of his mature works: the shining light reflections on the small bottle, the hair that is depicted strand by strand on the saint's solid shoulders. The fresco is located in the Cathedral near to the door of the sacresty. ## Related artworks - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()