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Maddalena

Jacques Callot

1619

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque Allegory Visitation

Dominant colour

Maddalena is a 1619 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, depicting Visitation, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1619 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This painting shows a woman, Maddalena, in a simple room. She's sitting with her head in her hands. The artist used a lot of detail to draw her, which is interesting because it was made a long time ago, in 1619, and this level of detail was hard to achieve with engraving. To learn more about the artist who made this, look up artist: Callot, Jacques.