c. 1655-1656
Saint Mary of Egypt in the Desert
David Teniers IIFlemish (active Antwerp and Brussels), 1610 - 1690
This copy of a painting by Palma il Giovane shows Saint Mary of Egypt, who spent forty-seven years in the desert to atone for a life of dissolution and prostitution. In the desert, this early Christian saint lived naked, subsisting on what she could find. Palma il Giovane's name and the dimensions of his original painting were written along the bottom of Teniers's copy but were later painted over.
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