State of play: Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman accepted to the Florence Academy of Fine Art, painted the piece around 1625. It depicts Saint Mary Magdalene, a central figure in Christianity ...
In 591 AD, Pope Gregory said Mary Magdalene was the woman who Simon the Pharisee described as 'a sinner' in Luke's Gospel. Gregory also said that the seven demons cast out of Mary Magdalene by ...