The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni Notebook

The Penitent Magdalene c1635 by Italian Painter Guido Reni (1575 - 1642); an Italian artist of the High Baroque Style, he primarily painted religious themes, as well as mythological and allegorical pieces. This is a magnificently beautiful portrait of Mary Magdalene who was saved by Jesus by the mob that wanted to stone her for adultery. She is simply dressed in partially worn robe attire of three different colours, an off white, light blueish grey and red. Sitting in a chair by a marble table, she has her left hand resting over a human skull with a long erect cross held between her index and thumb; while her right opened hand is placed across her chest. Mary is looking to her right as the warm glow of streaming light from heaven shines through an elevated window, illuminating her golden hair and face in its warm eternal glow; and above her head we can see a faint outline of a yellow halo. The skull and the cross indicate that she is meditating on the shortness of life and the salvation, made possible by the death of Jesus Christ, The Son Of GOD on the Cross This is a Xzendor7 retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image.