Title: The Penitent Magdalen
Object type: Painting
Date: ca. 1640
Artist:  Georges de La Tour 
Artist bio: French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593–1652 Lunéville
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Skulls, term: Mary Magdalene, term: Candles, term: Mirrors