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Painting of a woman with loose hair looking upward, arms crossed over her chest, with a small winged cherub holding an instrument in a dark wooded landscape.

The Penitent Magdalen

A woman with long, loose hair gazes upward, her arms crossed over her bare chest, draped in dark violet cloth. Beside her a small winged putto holds a stringed instrument in a shadowy wooded landscape, rendered in loose, painterly brushwork with warm flesh tones.

Artist
Anthony van Dyck
Date
1620
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3522 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1620.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: La Magdalena penitente

Una mujer de cabello largo y suelto mira hacia arriba, con los brazos cruzados sobre el pecho desnudo y envuelta en una tela violeta oscura. A su lado, un pequeño putto alado sostiene un instrumento de cuerda en un paisaje boscoso en penumbra, pintado con pinceladas sueltas y tonos cálidos.

Português: A Madalena penitente

Uma mulher de cabelos longos e soltos olha para cima, com os braços cruzados sobre o peito nu e envolta em tecido violeta escuro. Ao seu lado, um pequeno putto alado segura um instrumento de cordas em uma paisagem arborizada na penumbra, pintada com pinceladas soltas e tons quentes.