Fasting, Raphaël Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1589 - 1590 print Maria Magdalena as the female personification of fasting (ieiunium). She is kneeling in a cave as a recluse areas. The sixth print from a series with six Christian virtues as the subject. Frankfurt paper engraving doctrine of Christ ~ fasting. the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven

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