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Mary Magdalene

56 works by 22 artists

56 works featuring “Mary Magdalene” by 22 artists, from the 15th to the 19th century, held in 42 museums.

Mary Magdalene, Jan van Scorel

Mary Magdalene, c. 1530.

Maria Magdalena (museum title)

Jan van Scorel (Dutch), oil on wood

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Lamentation of Christ, Jan van Scorel

The Lamentation of Christ, c. 1535.

De bewening van Christus (museum title)

Jan van Scorel (Dutch), oil on wood

Centraal Museum, Netherlands

Saint Mary Magdalene Renouncing the Vanities of the World, Charles Le Brun

Saint Mary Magdalene Renouncing the Vanities of the World, c. 1654–1657.

Sainte Madeleine renonçant aux vanités du monde (museum title)

Charles Le Brun (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Christ taking Leave of his Mother, Albrecht Altdorfer

Christ taking Leave of his Mother, c. 1515–1520.

Albrecht Altdorfer (German), oil on wood

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Penitent Magdalene, Titien

Penitent Magdalene, c. 1561–1565.

Madeleine pénitente (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

La Mise au tombeau, Caravaggio

La Mise au tombeau, 1600.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Vatican Pinacoteca, Vatican

Marthe et Marie-Madeleine, Caravaggio

Marthe et Marie-Madeleine, 1598.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

The Pietà, Antoine van Dyck

The Pietà, c. 1629.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Christ apparaît à Marie de Magdala, Albrecht Dürer

Christ apparaît à Marie de Magdala, 1511.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene, Antoine van Dyck

Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene, 1617–1619.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Fra Angelico

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, 1440.

Compianto sul Cristo morto (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

Penitent Magdalene, Jusepe de Ribera

Penitent Magdalene, 1641.

María Magdalena en el desierto (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Saint Sebastian Altarpiece: The Crucifixion, Albrecht Altdorfer

Saint Sebastian Altarpiece: The Crucifixion, 1518.

Kreuzigung Christi (museum title)

Albrecht Altdorfer (German)

St. Florian Abbey, Austria

Mystic Crucifixion, Sandro Botticelli

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Penitent Magdalene, Jusepe de Ribera

Penitent Magdalene, 1635–1640.

Magdalena penitente (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece, Sandro Botticelli

Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece, c. 1470.

Retable de Saint-Ambroise (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Lamentation of Christ, Le Tintoret

Lamentation of Christ, 1560–1565.

La Déploration du Christ mort (museum title)

Le Tintoret (Italian), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, Le Greco

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1576.

Madeleine pénitente (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Descent from the Cross (after Peter Paul Rubens), Thomas Gainsborough

Descent from the Cross (after Peter Paul Rubens), c. 1765–1770.

Thomas Gainsborough (British), oil on canvas

Gainsborough's House, United Kingdom

The Magdalene, James Ensor

The Magdalene, 1887.

James Ensor (Belgian), drypoint

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

The Crucifixion, Fra Angelico

The Crucifixion, c. 1440.

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera transferred to canvas and laid down on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

St Mary Magdalen, Le Tintoret

St Mary Magdalen, 1580s.

Marie-Madeleine (museum title)

Le Tintoret (Italian), oil on canvas

Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy

La Mort de la Vierge, Caravaggio

La Mort de la Vierge, 1603.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Sandro Botticelli

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1490–1495.

La Lamentation sur le Christ mort (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalene, Titien

Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalene, c. 1561–1569.

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec Marie-Madeleine (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

La Crucifixion, Albrecht Dürer

La Crucifixion, 1495.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Noli me tangere, Titien

Noli me tangere, c. 1514.

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Mary Magdalene, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

Mary Magdalene, 1525.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), oil on wood panel

Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Germany

The Lamentation, Antoine van Dyck

The Lamentation, c. 1618–1620.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

L'Élévation de Sainte Marie-Madeleine, Albrecht Dürer

L'Élévation de Sainte Marie-Madeleine, 1505.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Calvary, Albrecht Altdorfer

Calvary, 1526.

Kalvarienberg (museum title)

Albrecht Altdorfer (German), paint on limewood panel

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, Artemisia Gentileschi

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, c. 1625.

Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Trauer der Maria Magdalena an der Leiche Christi, Arnold Böcklin

Trauer der Maria Magdalena an der Leiche Christi, 1867.

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Christus am Kreuz, Albrecht Dürer

Christus am Kreuz, 1500.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

British Museum, United Kingdom

The Deposition (The Entombment), Raphaël

The Deposition (The Entombment), 1507.

Deposizione (Trasporto di Cristo morto al sepolcro) (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on wood

Borghese Gallery, Italy

The Sacrament of Penance, Nicolas Poussin

The Sacrament of Penance, 1647.

La Pénitence ou Le Repas chez Simon (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Galleries of Scotland, United Kingdom

Madeleine repentante, Caravaggio

Madeleine repentante, 1593.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Italy

The Magdalen, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Magdalen, c. 1525.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), paint on wood panel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

La Déploration du Christ, Albrecht Dürer

La Déploration du Christ, 1509.

Albrecht Dürer (German), print

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene, Antoine van Dyck

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves, Albrecht Altdorfer

Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves, 1520–1530.

Christus am Kreuz zwischen den beiden Schächern (museum title)

Albrecht Altdorfer (German), paint on limewood panel

Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

St. Mary Magdalen, Artemisia Gentileschi

St. Mary Magdalen, c. 1620.

Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian), oil on canvas

Palatine Gallery, Italy

Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints, Sandro Botticelli

Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints, 1495–1500.

La Lamentation sur le Christ mort (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Italy

The Crucifixion, Fra Angelico

The Crucifixion, c. 1420–1423.

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Penitent Magdalene, Titien

The Penitent Magdalene, 1555–1560.

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Crucifixion, Le Greco

The Crucifixion, 1597–1600.

La Crucifixion (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, Le Greco

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, c. 1590–1595.

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

La Crucifixion, Albrecht Dürer

La Crucifixion, 1511.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

British Museum, United Kingdom

La Déploration du Christ, Albrecht Dürer

La Déploration du Christ, 1507.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Chester Beatty Library, Ireland

La Madeleine dans le désert, Eugène Delacroix

La Madeleine dans le désert, 1845.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France