The painting measures less than 15 inches tall and just over 5 inches wide. The verso of the panel includes part of a Marian prayer. Sotheby's New York A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by ...

A 17th century painting that was lost, then rediscovered, is on display at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Why it matters: This is the first time the public can view "Penitent Mary Magdalene ...

The sneaky figure’s identity was floated by Italian art restorer Sara Penco, who is publishing the Biblical bombshell in her book, “Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Judgement,” this week.

In something resembling Where’s Waldo for a Renaissance masterpiece, an Italian researcher is confident she has located a depiction of Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

Experience Caravaggio's masterpiece, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, at KNMA Saket, a rare opportunity to witness art history.

The Lamentation of Christ, an oil painting by Sandro Botticelli, depicts Mary Magdalene at the feet of Christ after his crucifixion. The Gospels disagree about whether she actually witnessed the ...

Mary Magdalene was a recipient of grace with a story to proclaim. Save for Jesus Christ and his mother Mary, few biblical figures hold more prominence in the history of Christian art than Mary ...

In December, 2024, the Italian art restorer and researcher Sara Penco discovered a figure she argues is Mary Magdalene on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In Michelangelo’s version ...

“The arrival of Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy marks a significant moment in India’s engagement with Classical European Art,” the museum’s founder Kiran Nadar said in a statement. “It offers ...

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a 1606 painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, is as fascinating for its intriguing history as for its style. Painted by the Italian Baroque artist towards the ...

Yet, Caravaggio deliberately leaves it ambiguous. “If you look at this one painting all by itself — ‘the Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene’ — it’s striking how one subject, one single figure ...

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy—a rare ... was a disruptive force in European art. Rejecting the polished elegance of late Renaissance mannerism, his figures—biblical, mythological, or otherwise ...