Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
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| Year | 1623 |
| Dimensions | 81 cm (32 in) × 105 cm (41 in) |
Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. It is in a private collection.
It is one of many paintings by Gentileschi of the Magdalene but the depiction in this particular painting is possibly a self-portrait feeling relief, possibly after winning her rape trial of 1612.[1] The painting was virtually forgotten until Papi's article. It was sold in 2014 for over a million dollars, a record price for works by Gentileschi, that was broken in 2018 with the sale of her Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria.
Photo found by Papi on which he based his attribution
References
- ↑ Artemisia Gentileschi: Milan, by Gianni Papi, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 153, No. 1305 (December 2011), pp. 846-847
- Sotheby's record for this painting, hammer price 865,500 EUR, on 26 June 2014 in Paris
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