The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt, 1680, Oil on copper, 16 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (42.5 x 54.3 cm), Paintings, Marcantonio Franceschini (Italian, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna), A fifth-century ascetic, Mary of Egypt is shown receiving her Last Communion from the hands of the priest Zosimus, following forty-seven years of isolation in the wilderness of Palestine. The picture has a pendant showing the ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalen
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Last Communion, Saint Mary, Egypt, 1680, Oil, copper, 16 3/4 x 21 3/8, 42.5 54.3 cm, Paintings, Marcantonio Franceschini, Italian, Bologna, 1648–1729, fifth-century, ascetic, Mary, shown receiving, hands, priest Zosimus, following forty-seven, years, isolation, wilderness, Palestine, picture, pendant showing, ecstasy, Magdalen
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