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The Virgin and Child between Mary Magdalene and Saint Ursula
Oil on panel. Ca. 1490
Bellini, Giovanni (and workshop)
The Virgin and Child between Mary Magdalene and Saint Ursula
Oil on panel. Ca. 1490
Bellini, Giovanni (and workshop)
The Virgin holds the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by two saints in a Sacra Conversazione. The saint on the left has been identified as Mary Magdalene and the one on the right as either Saint Ursula, carrying the arrow of her martyrdom. Expect for the figure of the Child, the others are represented in three-quarters with green curtains in the background. This work belonged to the collection of
Triptych of the Pietà, St John and St Mary Magdalene
Oil on panel. Ca. 1570
Morales, Luis de (and workshop)
Triptych of the Pietà, St John and St Mary Magdalene
Oil on panel. Ca. 1570
Morales, Luis de (and workshop)
Large-format versions of the Virgin holding the dead body of Christ, like those at Badajoz Cathedral and at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, gave way in Morales’s oeuvre to smaller compositions on the same subject, with half-length figures shown on a striking background of rigorous black. Against this, the two figures and the upright of the cross are contrasted with strong lighti
Oil on canvas. 1616
This delicate female figure has been identified as Mary Magdalene before Christ on the cross. The work formed part of the altar piece of the parish church of Yepes (Toledo), together with Saint Monica (P-2836), whose wrinkled face contrasts with the soft, rounded features of the Magdalene, who is painted with long brushstrokes and softer transitions between light and shade.
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