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The Magdalen, by A. Scheffer

Date

1858

Medium

Albumen silver print

Culture

British

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Photograph of "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy," a painting by Ary Scheffer. The painting depicts a woman wearing a veil and clasping her hands together as in prayer. She holds her clasped hands toward her left shoulder and gazes upward. An inscription of a biblical verse can be seen on the painting's upper border.

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