''Mary Magdalene'' is an oil-on-wood painting executed in 1614–1615 by the French artist

Simon Vouet Simon Vouet (; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and ...

. It is displayed in the

Quirinal Palace The Quirinal Palace ( ) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, the main official residence of the President of Italy, President of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporziano, an estate on the outs ...

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

. It represents

Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cr ...

, recognizable by one of her iconographic attributes, the perfume glass, which alludes to the episode attributed to her in which she perfumed

Jesus Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

shortly before his execution.V. V. A. A., ''Mitología clásica e iconografía cristiana'', R. Areces, 2010 (Spanish) ISBN 978-84-8004-942-9

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*http://www.lahornacina.com/dossiermagdalena.htm Paintings by Simon Vouet 1615 paintings Paintings in Rome Vouet {{1610s-painting-stub