VOUET, Simon
(b. 1590, Paris, d. 1649, Paris)

The Penitent Magdalen

c. 1630
Oil on canvas, 131 x 104 cm
Museum of Art, Cleveland

In this painting Mary Magdalen is shown contemplating the cross with her symbols, the jar of ointment (with which she anointed Christ's feet) and a skull, close at hand.