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See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20
She’s without her signature jar of oil with which she anointed Jesus, and instead wears ... which he used as a guide for painting. The sketch of Mary Magdalene is now housed at the ...
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Baroque painting of Mary Magdalene now a part of Kimbell Art Museum permanent collection
It depicts Saint Mary Magdalene, a central figure in Christianity's origins. The intrigue: The painting disappeared from public record for many years and reappeared in 2001 at an auction in France ...
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Mary Magdalene’s Hometown Along the Shores of the Sea of Galilee
Situated on the northern point of the Sea of Galilee, Magdala, at one point, was a robust fishing village. It was well known ...
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Artist Attacked in Italy Over Painting of Jesus Receiving Oral Sex
A simmering controversy surrounding a “blasphemous” art exhibition in ... (2024), depicting a nude Jesus collapsed face-forward on the lap of the naked Mary Magdalene, among other works.