The Penitent Magdalene

religious

This painting served as the working model for the artist's painting in the church of Santa Maria Maddalene dei Padri Cappuccini in Parma. The subject is the closing scene in the life of the Saint, after she had renounced her worldly goods and retired to a hermitage.

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About the Artist

Giambattista Pittoni

1687 – 1767

Venetian painter of religious, historical, and mythological pictures. He was very popular in his day and ranks as one of the best contemporaries of Tiepolo, whom he succeeded as President of the Venice Academy of Painting, 1758-61. Pittoni never left Italy, but he nevertheless received important foreign commissions from the Swedish, Austrian, and German courts. His early work was much indebted to Piazzetta and Sebastiano Ricci, but his style later became lighter and more colourful under the influence of Tiepolo.

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