Maria_Magdalena_(Stevens)
Mary Magdalene (Stevens)
Painting by Alfred Stevens
Mary Magdalene is an oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Alfred Stevens. It is Stevens' revision of the Biblical figure of Mary Magdalene. The painting depicts Mary in the form of Sarah Bernhardt, an actres who often posed for portraits by Stevens. The work has been in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent since 2001.
The painting was ordered by the Parisian merchant Georges Petit.[1][2]