Shown from the waist up, a woman with smooth, pale skin looks out at us from the corners of her wide-set hazel eyes in this vertical painting. Against a nearly black background, her body is angled to our left and wavy, auburn hair cascades down her back. Her hair is arranged into a bow shape over a thin, pale pink ribbon, and delicate tendrils frame her face and fall over her shoulders. She has thin brows, and her long, straight nose is wide at the bridge. Her pale, coral-pink lips are closed in a slight smile. She is lit from our left so shadows engulf the corners of her eyes and lips, and…
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The Magdalen

Bernardino Luini (Milanese, c. 1480 - 1532)

c. 1525

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 58.8 x 47.8 cm (23 1/8 x 18 13/16 in.) ; framed: 75.4 x 65.3 x 7 cm (29 11/16 x 25 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
Milanese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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