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Peter Paul Rubens: Christ and Mary Magdalene

Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640

Christ and Mary Magdalene

oil on panel — 1618
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Peter Paul Rubens biography

This work is linked to Luke 23:28

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On his way to Golgotha Jesus talks with Mary Magdalene, the mysterious woman who perhaps was more important to him than the gospels tell us.

The man with the cross is Simon of Cyrene, a passer-by who the Romans told to carry the cross.