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| Keywords: Italian - Dish with Mary Magdalene - Walters 481319.jpg Depicting Mary Magdalene identified by the ointment jar she cared to the tomb to anoint Christ's dead body was a way of introducing the image of a beautiful sexually attractive woman while still being able to claim that the subject was religious This dish on a low foot is painted in blue yellow ochre brown black and opaque white It features a representation of a lady on a dark blue ground with head turned three-quarters right and with curling locks over both shoulders She has brown eyes wears a blue dress and holds a covered jar The back is bluish-white with one yellow circle near the rim middle Other date century 16 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 6 7 23 1 accession number 48 1319 11530 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Casteldurante in present-day Urbania Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Casteldurante maiolica | ||||
