The lamentation of the dying Mary Magdalene
Subtitle: Melchior de la Mars (c. 1580-1650) and the power of emotion in the Counter-Reformation
By: Lieke Wijnia
Series: Phoebus Focus -- 20; Phoebus Focus -- 20.
Publisher: The Phoebus Foundation Chancellery
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Antwerp
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
ISBN-13: 9789463887731
Subjects: Flemish Painting; Art; Emotions in art
Description: In this Phoebus Focus edition, Lieke Wijnia takes the reader through the history of Saint Mary Magdalene and the little-known artist Melchior de la Mars. Moreover, the author holds up a mirror. In these crazy COVID times, De la Mars's Mary Magdalene is perhaps more relevant than ever.