19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of the Penitent Magdalene

The painting shows Magdalene with a crucifix. The intimate composition raises the inner contemplation and penitence of the biblical figure to be the subject of the artwork. The oil ...

Spanish Colonial Penitent Mary Magdalene Original oil on canvas painting XIX century Details Original period frame. Painting dimensi...

18th century Spanish "Penitent Magdalene" oil on canvas in the style of 17th century Italian school, particularly Tiziano models. Dimension: 101 x 71 cm, 111 x 80 cm (frame).

Giovanni Battista Castello, known as "Il Genovese" (1547-1637) Penitent Magdalene Tempera on parchment, 21 x 17 cm Frame 26 x 22 cm The precious tempera painting on parchment is to be referred to the hand of the painter Giovanni Battista Castello (1547-1637), called “il Genovese” to distinguish him from the homonymous contemporary, architect and painter, called “il Bergamasco”. Older brother of Bernardo, a famous painter of late Ligurian Mannerism, he began his activity in the field of religious goldsmithing, to which he soon joined the art of miniature, an art to which he ended up dedicating himself completely and with greater satisfaction, bringing it back to a success and to a disclosure that he had not known since the Middle Ages and which now found incentive and justification in the spiritual and cultural climate of the Counter-Reformation. In the sources he is cited as self-taught; However, his assiduous frequentation of Luca Cambiaso...

A beautifully detailed painted portrait of a prominent gentleman from the end of the 19th century. Painted on a panel so that the thick painting lines are clearly visible. The panel ...

A breathtaking 18th century Spanish oil on canvas painting of Mary Magdalene - Madeleine - in is original frame. Beautiful detail.