Andrea Vaccaro, Penitent Magdalene, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century, Framed

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Andrea Vaccaro (Naples, Italy, 1604 – 1670)
Title: Penitent Magdalene
Year: 1630-1635 ca.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame … Read more Andrea Vaccaro (Naples, Italy, 1604 – 1670)
Title: Penitent Magdalene
Year: 1630-1635 ca.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 75 x 62 cm – with frame 87.5 x 74.7 x 5.5 cm
Not signed

Expertise by Professor Riccardo Lattuada and Professor Giancarlo Sestieri

Andrea Vaccaro was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was one of the most successful painters in Naples at his time. He and his workshops produced many religious works. He was initially influenced by Caravaggio, but after 1630 he came into contact with the works by Guido Reni (1575-1642), Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), and Pietro Novelli (1603-1647). He even produced copies of works of those artists for Neapolitan collectors and Flemish art dealers in Naples. The painting shows stylistic features typical of 17th century Neapolitan painting. The painting portrays a penitent Magdalene who is depicted frontally with her hands clasped on her breasts and her face turned up to the left. Other versions of this composition exist, but all are based on the same preparatory cartoon, even though all of inferior quality or with conspicuous workshop contributions. See less