🚗 Santa Maria Maddalena by Piero della Francesca, c. 1459, Arezzo Cathedral.

Magdalene is portrayed following ancient iconography with her long hair worn loose while holding the container of ointments that she would use on Jesus’ body in the Sepulchre. The expression on her face is priceless and the colour tone of her skin and blushes on her cheeks are very realistic.

The Saint is positioned within a classical-style Renaissance arch embellished by a frieze decorated with small palm trees. 🌴 There is still a bit of blue of the background visible but there are no traces left of the gold of her halo.