Antique French Religious Oil on Copper Painting Mary Magdalene Framed 17th C


Description : 


Oil painting on copper depicting Mary Magdalene, wearing a white drape falling from her shoulders. She sits with her back to a dark rock against a blue sky, her eyes watering and raised to the heavens, before a book resting on a skull, a symbol of vanity. Beside her is a vase of ointment, her traditional attribute. Her posture and attitude are reminiscent of the Penitent Magdalene painted by Titian and now housed in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

Condition : Some chips in the paint layer. Slight damage to the frame. Otherwise good condition as on the photos.  Good overall condition.

Frame dimensions :  35 x 30 cm / 13.77 x 11.81 inches. 

Painting dimensions :  21.5 x 16.5 cm / 8.26 x 6.29 inches. 

Period : 17th century.


                                                

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