The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
The Ecstasy of St. Mary Magdalene
1506
(German, 1472–1553)
Image: 24.6 x 14.5 cm (9 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 x 14.5 cm (9 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 94
Location: Not on view
Description
According to medieval legend, Mary Magdalene was a fallen woman until she devoted herself to Christ. During her ascetic life in the wilderness, angels raised her aloft seven times a day to hear the music of the heavenly host while her visions of paradise enhanced her radiance. Interested in reviving classical ideals, Renaissance artists such as Lucas Cranach the Elder gave Mary Magdalene a Venus-like body to personify her divine beauty- “Annual Report for 1973.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 6 (June 1974): 179–213. Reproduced: p. 188 www.jstor.org
- Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 114): June 17, 2015 -Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).Albrecht Dürer and His Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985).Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
- {{cite web|title=The Ecstasy of St. Mary Magdalene|url=false|author=Lucas Cranach|year=1506|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1973.230