The Penitent Magdalen
Second half of the XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground on paper.Not on display
Mary Magdalen is depicted kneeling in profile to the left before a wooden cross. She appears with her arms crossed over her chest.
There is no evidence of a composition by Murillo of which this figure can be considered a copy. Its style, evidently from Seville during 1650–1700, is in some respects closer to that of Valdés Leal.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1972, p.154-155
