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Mary Magdalene
Also titled Maria Magdalena
Jan van Scorel (Schoorl, 1495–1562)
c. 1530
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 86.5 cm x width 96 cm x thickness 5.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Mary Magdalene can be recognized by the jar of ointment in her hands with which she cared for Jesus’ feet following her conversion to Christianity. She is usually depicted as a prostitute, referencing her alleged past. The influence of Italian painting, which Van Scorel encountered during a sojourn in Rome and Venice, is evident in her clothing.
