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The border shows plants which symbolise the virtues of the Virgin Mary, such woodland strawberries, roses and violets; Mary's robe is blue, a traditional colour attribution. In Christian iconography plants appear mainly as attributes on the pictures of Christ or the Virgin Mary.
The State Russian Museum holds a sketch of the same name for the painting Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection (canvas, oil, 29 × 37 cm, circa 1833, Inventory No. Zh-3857), which was previously in the possession of Koritsky, assistant curator of the Imperial Hermitage Picture Gallery, and subsequently to the artist and ...
Noli me tangere, also known as Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene in the Garden, is a c. 1525 [1] painting by Correggio which depicts the noli me tangere interaction between Jesus and Mary Magdalene shortly after the Resurrection. It is currently in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The Virgin Mary is depicted in a seated position, perhaps on the Throne of Wisdom. She is carrying the Christ Child whose arms are stretched out, as if giving a blessing. Lilies are used to symbolise Mary's purity and innocence, and thus are regularly depicted with her, especially during paintings of the Annunciation .
In paintings, Mary is traditionally portrayed in blue. This tradition can trace its origin to the Byzantine Empire , from c. AD 500 , when blue was "the color of an empress". A more practical explanation for the use of this color is that in Medieval and Renaissance Europe , the blue pigment was derived from the rock lapis lazuli , a stone ...
Jesus has cut his hand on an exposed nail, symbolizing the stigmata and foreshadowing Jesus's crucifixion. Some of the blood has fallen onto his foot. As Jesus's grandmother, Anne, removes the nail with a pair of pincers, his concerned mother, Mary, offers her cheek for a kiss. Joseph examines Jesus's wounded hand.
Noli me tangere (Latin for Don't touch me or Stop touching me) is a c. 1514 painting by Titian of the Noli me tangere episode in St John's Gospel. The painting, depicting Jesus and Mary Magdalene soon after the resurrection, is in oil on canvas and since the nineteenth century has been in the collection of the National Gallery in London.
The altarpiece examines Mary's relationship with Christ at different stages of his life. The panels show, from left to right, a portrait of the Holy Family, a Pietà (the Virgin cradling the dead body of Jesus) and Christ's appearance to Mary—a chronological reading of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus, [3] with Mary the focus of ...