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Corinthian helmet
Flight to Egypt
Madonna and Child
Crucifix
Saint John the Baptist in the desert
Adoration of the shepherds with Saints Victor and Corona known as The Nativity of San Giuseppe
San Martino and the poor with Sant'Antonio Abate
Three Graces
Venus Italica
Penitent Magdalene
Five dancers holding crowns
Love and Psyche
Colossal Horse Head
Susanna and the Elders
Circumcision
Refectory of the observant Franciscan friars
Portrait of Francesco Roberti
The Stranger
Corinthian helmet
Flight to Egypt
Madonna and Child
Crucifix
Saint John the Baptist in the desert
Adoration of the shepherds with Saints Victor and Corona known as The Nativity of San Giuseppe
San Martino and the poor with Sant'Antonio Abate
Three Graces
Venus Italica
Penitent Magdalene
Five dancers holding crowns
Love and Psyche
Colossal Horse Head
Susanna and the Elders
Circumcision
Refectory of the observant Franciscan friars
Portrait of Francesco Roberti
The Stranger

Penitent Magdalene

Antonio Canova

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Civic Museum of Bassano del Grappa

Civic Museum of Bassano del Grappa

Piazza Garibaldi, 34, Bassano del Grappa

Closed today: open Wednesday at 10:00

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The Civic Museum of Bassano del Grappa preserves two of the five plaster casts made by Antonio Canova for the sculpture of the penitent Magdalene as well as a drawing of the same and the precious terracotta sketch. The saint is represented kneeling on the ground, with her head resting on her chest towards her left shoulder, her arms outstretched and her back arched forward as she begs for her own redemption, her distraught gaze concentrated on the palms of her open hands destined to welcome a cross. . The bent posture and the imploring gesture illustrate the psychological fragility of the character. Next to the woman, a skull recalls the earthly vanity that has reduced her to this compassionate state, from which she now tries to redeem herself through prayer. The plaster cast represents a preparatory model for the marble statue that Canova originally planned to sell to Count Tiberio Roberti of Bassano del Grappa.
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Title: Penitent Magdalene

Author: Antonio Canova

Date: 1795

Technique: Gesso

Displayed in: Civic Museum of Bassano del Grappa

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