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17th CENTURY GERMAN SCHOOL. MARY MAGDALENE

FINE 17th CENTURY GERMAN SCHOOL, OIL ON CANVAS, "MARY MAGDALENE". THE PAINTING DEPICTS THE PENTINENT MARY MAGDALENE HOLDING A CROSS, BESIDE A SKULL AND WEEPING. THE LIFE OF THE HISTORICAL MARY MAGDALENE IS THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING DEBATE, WHILE THE LESS OBSCURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "PENITENT MEGDALENE", AS THE MOST BELOVED MEDIEVAL FEMALE SAINT AFTER MARY. BOTH AS AN EXEMPLAR FOR THE THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION OF PENITENCE AND A SOCIAL PARABLE FOR THE POSITION AND CUSTOFY OF WOMEN, PROVIDES MATTER FOR THE SOCIAL HISTORIAN AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS. HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL (VERY EXPENSIVE) ORNATELY CARVED GILT WOOD FRAME. MEASURES 32-1/2" X 37". VERY GOOD CONDITION, MINOR PAINT LOSS AND CRAZING THROUGHOUT.