The universe of Mary Magdalene by El GrecoHoly Family, isolated penitent, second family scene and repentant Madeleine show El Greco between evangelical witness and major figure of conversion.
1541 - 1614Life of Doménikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco
1577Installation in Toledo
Around 1577 -1605Period of the main Madeleines
°1,000Paintings, drawings and sculptures - overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
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Around 1577 -1605 · Penance, rock and open sky
Holy Family, isolated penitent, second family scene and repentant Madeleine show El Greco between evangelical witness and major figure of conversion.
El Greco paints Mary Magdalene in two distinct frames. With the Holy Family, she belongs to a sacred community and directs her gaze towards the child or the Virgin. Alone as a penitent, she stands near the rock, the skull or the vase of perfume, her hands clasped or placed on her chest. The open sky responds to her ascending gaze. Western tradition merges several women from the Gospels in the figure of the repentant sinner; it is important to distinguish this historical construction of Mary Magdalene, disciple and first witness of the Resurrection in the Gospel of John. El Greco transforms this iconography into an intense conversion experience, without reducing the figure in sensuality. The selection "Mary Magdalene by El Greco" notably compares The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene and Penitent Magdalene. Its reading favors space.
El Greco's Madeleine looks out of the picture: penance becomes movement towards a light that does not come from the earthly world.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
El Greco paints Mary Magdalene in two distinct frames. With the Holy Family, she belongs to a sacred community and directs her gaze towards the child or the Virgin. Alone as a penitent, she stands near the rock, the skull or the vase of perfume, her hands clasped or placed on her chest. The open sky responds to her ascending gaze. Western tradition merges several women from the Gospels in the figure of the repentant sinner; it is important to distinguish this historical construction of Mary Magdalene, disciple and first witness of the Resurrection in the Gospel of John. El Greco transforms this iconography into an intense conversion experience, without reducing the figure to sensuality.
Introduce the penitent type to Toledo
Venetian heritage and Castilian sky meet. This milestone illuminates the "Mary Magdalene by El Greco" collection by favoring space.
Deepen gesture and landscape
Skull, vase and rock structure the conversion.
Vary solitude and Holy Family
Madeleine becomes an isolated witness or member of a sacred group.
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Ascending gaze
The eyes seek a light source outside the scene. This line guides a space-centered reading of "Mary Magdalene by El Greco".
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Hand on chest
Gesture makes inner examination physical.
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Perfume vase
Attribute connects Madeleine to anointing and tomb.
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Split sky
Clouds and light give a cosmic answer to prayer.
Explore by universe
Compare four Madeleines from El Greco
Holy Family, penitent, family recovery and repentant distinguish community presence, solitude and transformation.
Family I01
Approach the sacred group
Madeleine participates in a relationship of views around Christ.
For presence. Reading of "Mary Magdalene by El Greco" through space.Penitent02
Withdraw from the world
The rock and the sky frame a solitary conversion.
For interiorityFamily II03
Vary proximity
A second version moves gestures and hierarchy in the group.
For comparisonRepentant04
Look up
Body orientation transforms regret into hope.
For conversionHoly Family with Madeleine05
The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene
The disciple enters into a network of gazes around the child.
Marker work of Mary Magdalene by El GrecoPenitent Madeleine06
Penitent Madeleine
The rock retreat makes visible the inner work of conversion.
Marker work of Mary Magdalene by El Greco
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Four Mary Magdalene of El Greco
Two Holy Families and two penitents show Madeleine in community and withdrawal.
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A vertical format and a dark brown, black or old gold frame will enhance the sky and the hands.
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