How does this artwork elucidate its abstract?
Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy (1606) is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). What is believed to be the authentic version of the painting was discovered in a private collection in 2014; the painting was previously only known to art historians through a number of copies made by followers of the artist. If the painting is, in fact, authentic, it would be valued at over £20 million ($32.3 million).It is widely accepted that Caravaggio painted the work in 1606 while in hiding at the estates of the Colonna family after fleeing Rome following the killing of Ranuccio Tommason.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Ranuccio Tommason Rome Caravaggio baroque Colonna family