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The Gospel of John [269] emphasizes the special role of Mary Magdalene. She is the first to meet the Risen Christ. [...] Hence she came to be called "the apostle of the Apostles". Mary Magdalene was the first eyewitness of the Risen Christ, and for this reason she was also the first to bear witness to him before the Apostles.
Adoration of the Christ Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Eustace (c. 1436) by Paolo Uccello. Adoration of the Christ Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Eustace is a c.1436 tempera and gold on panel painting by Paolo Uccello. It is now in the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe.
Here, he has inserted John the Baptist, who carries a scroll that proclaims the coming of Christ, and Mary Magdalene, who holds the jar of oil with which she anointed the feet of Jesus. The infant Christ's nudity expresses his humanity, and therefore, the possibility of his suffering and death. [3]
The Jesus bloodline refers to the proposition that a lineal sequence of the historical Jesus has persisted, possibly to the present time. Although absent from the Gospels or historical records, the concept of Jesus having descendants has gained a presence in the public imagination, as seen with Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code and its 2006 movie adaptation of the same name ...
Mary Magdalene; Mary of Clopas; Mary Salome; The other gospels give various indications about the number and identity of women visiting the tomb: John 20:1 mentions only Mary Magdalene, but has her use the plural, saying: "We do not know where they have laid him" . Matthew 28:1 says that Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" went to see the tomb.
The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist with a Shell or The Holy Children with a Shell (Spanish - Los Niños de la concha) is a 1670-1675 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, now in the Prado Museum in Madrid. One of the artist's most popular works, it was widely reproduced in prints and on plates. [1]
Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Mary Magdalene (1495) by Cima da Conegliano. Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Mary Magdalene is a 1495 oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Cima da Conegliano, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, having been bought for the Bavarian royal collections in 1815 from the Empress Josephine's collection at Malmaison.
Madonna and Child with Four Saints or Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Paul, Mary Magdalene and Jerome is a c. 1516-1520 oil on panel painting by Titian, now in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden. It belongs to the sacra conversazione genre and features saints John the Baptist, Paul, Mary Magdalene and Jerome. [1]