# Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere)

- By: Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
- Date: c. 1645
- Medium: paper, deck paint, ink
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 154 mm x width 146 mm
- Credit line: De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1961-80--b80357bfd6449776bab51da745741497)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qqCYJ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Rembrandt depicts the dramatic moment when Mary Magdalene recognizes the man who addressed her at the empty grave: it is not the gardener, as she first thought, but her Master who stands before her. She almost collapses when she realizes that he has risen from the dead. Christ implores her not to touch him (‘Noli me tangere’); he no longer belongs to the mortal world.