This painting speaks to moments of reflection, making it a fitting choice for sympathy, encouragement, or thinking of you. In The Repentant Magdalene, Georges de La Tour portrays meditation and mortality by candlelight. A skull, a mirror, and a muted palette draw the viewer inward, evoking the transience of earthly life and the possibility of spiritual renewal. It’s a solemn, luminous image for those navigating loss or searching for peace.

Currently held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978.