The painter, Domenico Tintoretto, son of the famous Jacopo, painted the picture ( signed in the lower left) about 1598, during his stay in Mantua.
In the nocturnal scene, lit by divine love, Magdalene, who lived as a hermit, is praying.
The saint is portrayed with the traditional iconographical attributes of meditation and prayer: absence of clothing, a crucifix, a skull and an open book.
In the nocturnal scene, lit by divine love, Magdalene, who lived as a hermit, is praying.
The saint is portrayed with the traditional iconographical attributes of meditation and prayer: absence of clothing, a crucifix, a skull and an open book.