Mary Magdalene (Scorel)
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| Maria Magdalene | |
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| Artist | Jan van Scorel |
| Year | circa 1530 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 67 cm × 76.5 cm (26 in × 30.1 in) |
| Location | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Maria Magdalene is a circa 1530 oil on panel painting by the Dutch renaissance artist Jan van Scorel in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.[1]
Mary Magdalene is shown seated, holding a richly decorated pot of ointment in a fantasy landscape.[2] Her bodice is embroidered with Hebrew lettering and her shawl shows the same pattern of Haarlem damast material that can be seen in Saint Luke painting the Virgin by Maarten van Heemskerck.
The inscription around the collar is in Hebrew, and corresponds to Psalm 91, 15: “...הו ואכבדהו אורך ימ...״. (And I shall honor him, all my days). The word ואכבדהו occurs only once in the Hebrew bible. The Hebrew letters are somewhat deformed.[citation needed]
