Quite possibly one of the most beautiful portraits of the entire 16th Century.
This painting of Mary Magdalene is an absolute triumph of the famous sfumato painting technique - (the technical term for when an artist uses no real outlines in their work, and instead blends countless layers of colour so softly, it gives the impression that their figure mat…
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