THE PRINCE OF ART
Jan 09, 2020
3 minutes
One of Caravaggio’s most important works, , is held in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome on Via del Corso. The painting is significant, and singular, for its depiction of Magdalene. Previously painted in sensual light, with voluptuous turn, here she is in a repose of terrific plainness. Without erotic charge, she appears either remorseful or reflective: a woman on the brink of transformation. This is markedly different from her other interpretations as a ‘fallen’ woman (there was some talk about her role as a prostitute who is reformed by Jesus although some, Velázquez’s and Raphael’s .
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