Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 45.1 x 59.7 cm
Current location: Private collection
Signed and dated lower left: Hugues Merle 1868
Dimensions: 45.1 x 59.7 cm
Current location: Private collection
Signed and dated lower left: Hugues Merle 1868
"Merle favored emotion-filled, often seductive, facial expressions and languid bodies to connote drama and pathos. Indeed, his Mary Magdelene emerges as the enraptured captive of Christ’s love."