Alonso del Arco, 17th century Spanish, "Mary Magdalene Removing her Jewelry”
Baroque iconography counts upon specified objects to identify spiritual characteristics: the Magdalene is always shown with her long hair loose, her pearls, her bottle of perfumed oil that recalls her washing of Christ's feet and also the tears she has shed; here, a very different Magdalen, but we know it is she by her pearls and her bottle--magical realist objects a la Franz Roh, objects in which mystery hides and palpitates.
Baroque iconography counts upon specified objects to identify spiritual characteristics: the Magdalene is always shown with her long hair loose, her pearls, her bottle of perfumed oil that recalls her washing of Christ's feet and also the tears she has shed; here, a very different Magdalen, but we know it is she by her pearls and her bottle--magical realist objects a la Franz Roh, objects in which mystery hides and palpitates.
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