The painting features a penitent Mary Magdalene meditating on the fragility of earthly existence while contemplating a skull. The piece of bread and the straw blanket she is wearing indicate the ascetic and contemplative life she has adopted.
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Title: Painting of Mary Magdalene
Creator: Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino, 1657 - Barra, 1747)