A very real face and a beautiful painting
I always love the symbolic objects they put in paintings like this. For instance, the alabaster jar. The painting is beautiful.
Val,Yes, I almost felt it was somebody I knew, when I saw this picture first.Jodi,We have to relearn about the symbolic objects today. I think most people new what the objects meant - but not so today.Margaretha
St. Mary Magdalene, 1500-10
A very real face and a beautiful painting
SvaraRaderaI always love the symbolic objects they put in paintings like this. For instance, the alabaster jar. The painting is beautiful.
SvaraRaderaVal,
SvaraRaderaYes, I almost felt it was somebody I knew, when I saw this picture first.
Jodi,
We have to relearn about the symbolic objects today. I think most people new what the objects meant - but not so today.
Margaretha