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Head of the penitent Magdalene. Drawing, c. 1794. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
In the text, Lavater criticises "most pictures" of Mary Magdalene for their affectation: "they coquet too much with their beauty, and, if I may say so, with their repentence". However, he goes on to say that this particular version of her face is "too pure and too reflecting ... [and] it preserves a certain indolence incompatible with violent depression"
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