Artwork
Kommunion der hl. Magdalena
Kommunion der hl. Magdalena is an unspecified painting by the Early Baroque Italian artist Federico Barocci. It dates from 1573 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
Barocci captures her in a flowing robe, hands clasped in prayer, while a celestial light illuminates her figure, symbolizing spiritual awakening and redemption.
The painting portrays Mary Magdalene receiving communion, a moment that emphasizes her penitential conversion and intimate communion with the divine. Barocci captures her in a flowing robe, hands clasped in prayer, while a celestial light illuminates her figure, symbolizing spiritual awakening and redemption. The work belongs to the religious art genre and is housed in the Alte Pinakothek, part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
Technique & Style
Kommunion der hl. Magdalena is a religious painting by Federico Barocci, classified as a painting and dated to 1573. The work is held in the Alte Pinakothek as part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
Its canvas measures 147.7 cm in height by 117 cm in width. The subject is the depiction of Mary Magdalene, rendered within the conventions of religious art.
History & Provenance
Federico Barocci created the religious painting known as Kommunion der hl. Magdalena in 1573. The work depicts Mary Magdalene and was produced during the artist's mature period.
Today, the painting is held within the Bavarian State Painting Collections, where it is displayed at the Alte Pinakothek. No specific details regarding the original commissioner or the intermediate ownership history prior to its arrival in the Bavarian collection are provided in the available records.
Kommunion der hl. Magdalena is held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek.
The work entered the collection with its accession recorded under the inventory number 2122.
It has been exhibited in major retrospectives of Barocci's oeuvre, including the 1994 Federico Barocci: The Work of Devotion at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Overview
Federico Barocci’s Kommunion der hl. Magdalena was painted in 1573. Executed in central Italy, the work belongs to the transitional period between the High Renaissance and the early Baroque. It is part of the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where it is displayed among other works of the late sixteenth century.
Context
Barocci’s work bridges the balanced compositions of the Renaissance with the dynamic vigor that would characterize the Baroque. His treatment of religious subjects, especially the emotive portrayal of saints, influenced contemporaries and later artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, who drew on Barocci’s dramatic lighting and expressive figures.
Artist & collection
Artist
Federico Barocci (also written Barozzi) (c. 1535 – 30 September 1612) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly…
