Mary Magdalene (Savoldo)

Mary Magdalene (c. 1535-1540) by Savoldo
The Getty version
The Berlin version
The Florence version

Mary Magdalene is a c.1535-1540 oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, now in the National Gallery, London, which acquired it in 1978.[1][2]

It is generally considered to be the first of a series of four paintings of the subject, which was popular among private Venetian commissioners. The other three are in the:

  • Contini Bonacossi collection in Florence - with a rocky outcrop added in the background, this copy was acquired by Bonacossi from the Giovannelli collection in Venice in 1935;[3]
  • Getty Museum in Los Angeles - with a gold mantle unlike the grey one in other versions, this copy was previously in Warwick Castle.[4]
  • Gemäldegalerie in Berlin - without the vase but signed[5]

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Pierluigi De Vecchi ed Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, volume 2, Bompiani, Milano 1999. ISBN 88-451-7212-0
  2. ^ "Catalogue entry".
  3. ^ "Catalogue entry" (in Italian).
  4. ^ "Catalogue entry".
  5. ^ "Michael Calder, Savoldo's Magdalene: "True Reformations Are Internal"".
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