Mary Magdalene in the Desert
| 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) |
| Location | Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1895 |
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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.
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.