The Penitent Saint Mary Magdalene, kneeling before a skull and bones, by Giulio Carpioni, 1640–60
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The Penitent Saint Mary Magdalene, kneeling before a skull and bones

Giulio Carpioni (Italian, Venice 1613–1678 Venice)

Publisher Matteo Cadorin

1640–60

Medium
Etching; second state of two
Classification
Prints
Dimensions
Plate: 8 9/16 × 5 9/16 in. (21.8 × 14.2 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (22.5 × 15.1 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art