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"did_you_know": "The skull beside Mary symbolizes the fleeting nature of life and ultimate worthlessness of material possessions.",
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"description": "Simon Vouet worked in Rome for several years before he was summoned back to France in 1627 to serve as court painter to King Louis XIII. This painting, executed soon after his return, reveals how skillfully Vouet adapted his Italian experiences to local tastes: the focus on a single monumental figure, positioned close to the picture plane, reflects the influence of Caravaggio, but the vivid pastel colors accord with the French preference for a brighter palette. Representations of the penitent Magdalene as a hermit\u2014expressing Christian devotion but also sensuality\u2014were exceedingly popular in the 1600s.",
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"citation": "Dargent, Georgette. \"La Madeleine dans l'Oeuvre de Simon Vouet.\" Bulletin de Socie\u0301te\u0301 de l'Histoire de l'Art Franc\u0327ais 1959: 31\u201340.",
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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler, Ann Percy, and Bernardo Cavallino. Bernardo Cavallino of Naples, 1616\u20131656. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984.",
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"citation": "Duret-Rpbert, Francois, \"Derniers Succes, Derniers Revers,\" Connaissance des Arts no. 432 (February 1988).",
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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutchler. \"The Repentant Madgalene by Simone Vouet.\" The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXXX, no. 4 (April, 1993): 158\u2013163.",
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"citation": "Ramon, Artur. Nada es bello sin el azar: quince episodios sobre pintura. Barcelona, Spain: Elba, 2012.",
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