Raphael painted the portrait of the saint around 1503, when he was about 20. Experts say that Saint Mary Magdalene showcases the Italian Renaissance master’s early talent. “He was working with ...

'Very dirty' portrait of Mary Magdalene which was sold by London gallery to French collector for just £30,000 is actually the work of Italian renaissance master Raphael ...

A Renaissance (c. 1524) oil-on-panel painting depicting Mary Magdalene transferring ointment from a maiolica pharmacy jar to a smaller vessel.

Almond, Philip C. Mary Magdalene: ... Simon Ditchfield, and Howard Louthan, eds. Sacred History: Uses of the Christian Past in the Renaissance World. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Researchers have claimed that Christ disciple Mary Magdalene may have been hiding in plain sight in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpiece for nearly 500 years. The sneaky figure's identity was ...

Eliza Griswold on Mary Magdalene, ... Around the year 1565, the Venetian Renaissance painter Titian updated the “Penitent Magdalene,” representing her as a zaftig figure with milky skin, ...

In something resembling Where’s Waldo for a Renaissance masterpiece, an Italian researcher is confident she has located a depiction of Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. So ...

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese tells the tale of St. Mary Magdalene, a once-demon-possessed woman who transformed through faith in "The Saints." ...

See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20 Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the ...

The portrait of one of Jesus Christ's key followers was put up for sale by a London art gallery, where curators thought it had less than impressive provenance.