The Penitent Magdalene
El Greco, 1580, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
‘The Penitent Magdalene’ is a work by El Greco (Spain, 1541–1614). It is dated 1580. It is part of the collection Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.
It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 102 × 82 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Penitent Magdalene, Mary Magdalene, waist-length hair, and human skull.
The catalogue has 249 more works by El Greco.