The Dance of the Magdalene, 1519, Engraving, Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 5/8 in. (29 × 39.7 cm), Prints, Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden), In this large and delicately engraved print, Mary Magdalene is depicted in her worldly life as a courtesan, prior to her conversion. In the foreground, among loving couples, she dances to the music of a piper and a drummer; a fool gestures to her from behind a tree on the left, mocking her sinful behavior
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Dance, Magdalene, 1519, Engraving, Sheet, 11 7/16, 15 5/8, 29, 39.7 cm, Prints, Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, Leiden ca., 1494–1533, Leiden, large, delicately engraved print, Mary Magdalene, depicted, worldly life, courtesan, prior, conversion, foreground, loving couples, dances, music, piper, drummer, fool gestures, tree, left, mocking, sinful behavior
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