Mary Magdalene in the Desert
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Mary Magdalene in the Desert | |
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French: Marie-Madeleine au désert | |
Artist | Emmanuel Benner |
Year | 1886 |
Medium | oil paint on canvas |
Movement | Academic art |
Subject | Mary Magdalene reading a book in the desert |
Dimensions | 131 cm × 175 cm (52 in × 69 in)[1] |
Location | Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg |
Accession | 1895 |
Mary Magdalene in the Desert (French: Marie-Madeleine au désert) is a 1886 painting by Emmanuel Benner (1836-1896). It is now in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.163.[1]
The painting is a depiction of Mary Magdalene as a voluptuous nude woman, who appears reclined while reading a folio in what is purportedly a cave in a desert. The painting was exhibited at the Salon de 1886 in Paris.[2]
References
- ^ "Magdeleine". salons.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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