El Greco 1541 – 1614
Mary Magdalene in Penitence
oil on canvas (157 × 121 cm) — 1578
This work is linked to Luke 8:2
Luke 8 - New Testament
Luke 8 1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities,
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A tear runs from Mary Magdalene's eye. She has retired to do penitence for her sins. She is sitting in front of a cave. Lying before her are a book and a skull. The presence of the skull shows that Mary has accepted the transience of human life.
According to a medieval story, Mary spent 30 years in a cave in the mountains of Sainte-Baume, in southern France, not far from the Mediterranean. El Greco seems to have used that story as the background for this painting.
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