MASTER of Female Half-lengths
(active 1530-1540 in Antwerp)

Mary Magdalene Holding the Unguent Jar (detail)

1530s
Oil on oak panel
Private collection

Few of the Master's half-length females, if any, are as richly ornamented as this. Her billowing slashed sleeves, encrusted at each pleat with jewels, her bodice, necklace and cap are unequalled in their luxuriance