Mary Magdalene, the Patron Saint of Hermits
Author: Schoonebeek, Adriaan, ca. 1660-1714
Image Title: Mary Magdalene, the Patron Saint of Hermits
Description: This etched print shows Mary Magdalene praying earnestly and weeping onto the pages of what is presumably a bible. Her tears, the alabaster flask, and the bowl at her side allude to the Middle Age’s composite concept of Mary Magdalene, which unfoundedly conflates Mary Magdalene, one of the persons present at Jesus’ crucifixion, with the unnamed woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears. The image also conflates the Magdalene with Mary of Egypt, who lived a life as a prostitute prior to her conversion in Jerusalem and subsequent removal to the wilderness of Egypt to live the hermetic life of a penitent.
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