GUERCINO
(b. 1591, Cento, d. 1666, Bologna)

The Penitent Magdalene

1650-55
Oil on canvas, 114 x 92 cm
Private collection

The artist depicts the Magdalene's hair with remarkably fine strokes, highlighting the thick, waving tresses at her head and shoulders, down to the individual hairs that uncoil across her abdomen.




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