Photographs

Mary Magdalene Washing Christ's Feet

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1878
Accession number: 2000.5.2801
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.9 x 6.4 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Christ and four disciples sit at a table, Christ seated on chair at right, looking down at crouching figure of Mary Magdalene. Magdalene holds Christ's bare left foot in her hand, her face nearly touching it. Ointment jar beneath Christ's chair.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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