Artwork Title: Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene, 1859

Frederick Sandys

Artwork Title: Mary MagdaleneArtwork Title: Mary Magdalene
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was not particularly happy with Frederick Sandys’ depiction of Mary Magdalene: he felt it was too similar to his own painting Mary Magdalene Leaving the House Feasting, and accused Sandys of copying his representation of the saint. Personally, I am not convinced, but a later Rossetti painting does show how he himself went on to paint a depiction of the Magdalene in a cropped composition not unlike Sandys’. (https://rideingthedragon.tumblr.com/post/158494759274/artsurroundings-loves-shadow-1867-anthony)
Uploaded on Mar 27, 2017 by Suzan Hamer

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