The Magdalen, or Sorrow

La Madeleine

The Magdalen, or Sorrow

Paul Cézanne · 1869

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

A brooding, heavily worked image of Mary Magdalene in penitence, painted with the palette-knife bravura of Cézanne's early "romantic" years before he turned to Impressionist color.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

165 × 125 cm (65 × 49.2 in)

Painted at

Aix-en-Provence, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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