Mary Magdalene in the Desert

Painting by Emmanuel Benner

Mary Magdalene in the Desert

French: Marie-Madeleine au désert
Artist| Emmanuel Benner
Year| 1886
Medium| oil paint on canvas
Movement| Academic art
Subject| Mary Magdalene reading a book in the desert
Dimensions| 131 cm × 175 cm (52 in × 69 in)[1]
Location| Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Accession| 1895

For the painting by Antonio da Correggio, see Magdalen in the Desert.

Mary Magdalene in the Desert (French: Marie-Madeleine au désert) is a 1886 painting by Emmanuel Benner (1836-1896). It is now in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.163.[1]

The painting is a depiction of Mary Magdalene as a voluptuous nude woman, who appears reclined while reading a folio in what is purportedly a cave in a desert. The painting was exhibited at the Salon de 1886 in Paris.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Marie-Madeleine au désert". navigart.fr/mamcs. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
2. ^ "Magdeleine". salons.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

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