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Date : approx. between 1518 and 1519
Sizes : 31 cm x 38 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Salting Bequest (1910)
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Italian Painting
Painting
Area related
Italy
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Mary Magdalene is shown in penitential retreat in the wilderness, briefly distracted from her reading of the divine scriptures. She has abandoned all her former finery and jewels, and her hair is in disarray. She holds the pot of ointment with which she anointed Christ's feet.
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