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Penitent Magdalen kneeling on a rocky ground before a skull and bones, an ointment jar lies in the left foreground, rays of light and winged putti descend from above
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Penitent Magdalen kneeling on a rocky ground before a skull and bones, an ointment jar lies in the left foreground, rays of light and winged putti descend from above

ca. 1640–55

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 8 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (21.8 x 14.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giulio Carpioni

1613–1678Republic of Venice

Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology