The Penitent Magdalen
Georges de La Tour
ca. 1640
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978
Accession Number
1978.517
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SkullsMary MagdaleneCandlesMirrors
About the Artist
Georges de La Tour · 1593–1652
Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) was a French Baroque painter born in Vic-sur-Seille in the Duchy of Lorraine. Baptism records confirm he was the son of baker Jean de La Tour and Sybille Molian, one of seven children. In 1617 he married Diane Le Nerf, from a minor noble family, and by 1620 he had established his studio in her hometown of Lunéville, where he remained for most of his career. He achiev...