Magdalene with the Smoking Flame

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Magdalene with the Smoking Flame is a contemplative Baroque painting by Georges de La Tour depicting Mary Magdalene in dramatic candlelight, meditating on mortality and spiritual repentance.

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Magdalene with the Smoking Flame canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
painting
artForm oil painting
artHistoricalPeriod 17th century
colorPalette deep shadows
warm browns
countryOfOrigin France
creator Georges de La Tour NERFINISHED
culturalContext Catholic Counter-Reformation spirituality
depicts Mary Magdalene NERFINISHED
book
mirror
quiet interior setting
rope
skull
smoking flame
emotionalTone contemplative
somber
genre religious painting
hasVersion Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) NERFINISHED
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (Musée du Louvre) NERFINISHED
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (private collection) NERFINISHED
iconography candle flame as symbol of transience of life
mirror as symbol of vanity
rope as symbol of asceticism
skull as symbol of mortality
influencedBy Caravaggism NERFINISHED
lighting single-point candlelight
mainSubject contemplation of mortality
penitent Magdalene NERFINISHED
spiritual repentance
movement Baroque
notableFor chiaroscuro lighting
dramatic candlelight
introspective mood
partOf Magdalene paintings by Georges de La Tour NERFINISHED
portrays Mary Magdalene in profile
Mary Magdalene seated at a table
pose Mary Magdalene resting her head on her hand
style tenebrism
theme meditation
memento mori
penitence
vanitas
usesLightSource candle

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Georges de La Tour notableWork Magdalene with the Smoking Flame