ALFRED STEVENS 1823 - 1906 MARY MAGDALENE 1887 Flemish Belgian Belgium ( Mary-Magdalene ( Alfred Stevens, painter of fashionable Paris, met the actress Sarah Bernhardt in about 1887, and did several portraits of her. In a number of these she posed as a character from history or from literature. Here we see her as Mary-Magdalene, the sinner from the gospel who later converted and took up the life of a hermit. )

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Mary Magdalene is a woman in all four gospels of the New Testament. She became a faithful follower of Jesus after he delivered her from seven demons.

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