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The many faces of Mary Magdalene
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 50-56
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Author:
Haskins, Susan (Haskins, Susan)
Subjects
media:
Paintings / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Musei di San Domenico, Forlì, Italy
subjects:
Christian iconography / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Mary of Egypt, Saint / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Jesus Christ: Deposition / Eroticism / Nudes / Theology / Prostitution
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Crucifixion, by Masaccio. c.1426. Tempera on panel, 83 by 63 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. St Mary Magdalene with eight scenes from her life, by the Magdalene Master. 14th century. Tempera on panel, 164 by 76 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia & Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Mary Magdalene from the sculptural group Lamentation, by Guido Mazzoni. c.1483–85. Polychrome terracotta. (Chiesa del Gesù, Ferrara; photograph Nicholas Pickwoad).
Attributed works:
4. Noli me tangere, attributed to Jacopo Pontormo. c.1532. Oil on canvas, 175 by 133 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Supper in the house of the pharisee, by Moretto da Brescia. 1550–54. Oil on canvas, 207 by 140 cm. (S. Maria in Calchera, Brescia; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Penitent Mary Magdalene, by Antonio Canova. 1808–09. Marble, height 95 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
7. Penitent Mary Magdalene, by Guido Cagnacci. 1625–27. Oil on canvas, 86 by 72 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Mary Magdalene crouching, by Venanzo Crocetti. 1956. Bronze, height 63 cm. (Fondazione Venanzo Crocetti, Rome).
Attributed works:
9. Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), by Graham Sutherland. 1961. Oil on canvas, 64 by 55.3 cm. (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; © Pallant House Gallery / Hussey Bequest, Chichester District Council, 1985; Bridgeman Images).