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Painting of a kneeling nude woman with long golden hair praying in a dark rocky grotto beside an open book.

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The Penitent Magdalene, Luca Cambiaso (1570), Royal Collection. Via artnap.com

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A nude woman with long, loose golden hair kneels in a shadowed rocky grotto, her hands clasped in prayer and her eyes raised upward. An open book rests on a stone ledge beside her, and a white cloth lies at her knees.

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Date

1570

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Museum

Royal Collection

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Public domain

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