Description
This is a replica of Georges de la Tour's painting "Magdalene with the smoking flame. Painted on linen canvas with water-mixable oils.
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (also titled in French La Madeleine à la veilleuse, and La Madeleine à la flamme filante) is a c. 1640 oil-on-canvas depiction of Mary Magdalene by French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour. Two versions of this painting exist, one in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[1] and the other in the Louvre Museum (La Madeleine a la veilleuse).[2]
This evocative representation, crafted in 2024 by Sonny Andersson, serves as a modern homage to Georges de la Tour's ‘Magdalene with the Smoking Flame’. Using water-mixable oils on linen canvas, Andersson recapitulates the iconic blend of sacred and secular, infusing the historic with contemporary allure. Merging realism with a hint of the artist's personal interpretation, this piece invites viewers into a nuanced dialogue with the past.
