Why it matters
Mary Magdalene looks up to heaven with a tearful expression, a skull and an open book beside her. Unlike his earlier version, Titian covered her nudity here. He kept the painting for himself until his death.
Did you know?
- It was painted in the 1560s.
- Titian's son sold it to Cristoforo Barbarigo in Venice.
- It entered the Hermitage in 1850.
Based on the Wikipedia article Penitent Magdalene (Titian, 1565) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
