Art and Popular Culture
While the parable itself is seldom depicted in art, there are numerous depictions of the anointing, by Sandro Botticelli, Antonio Campi, Dirk Bouts, Onofrio Avellino, Cigoli, Nicolas Poussin, Bernardo Strozzi, and Peter Paul Rubens, among others. In some paintings, yellow clothing denotes the woman's former occupation as a prostitute. In Armenian religious art, this episode of anointing is depicted as distinct from those in other gospels. The 1891 painting by Jean Béraud brought the episode into the 19th century, with the repentant prostitute represented by the well-known courtesan Liane de Pougy, who eventually became a Dominican tertiary.
The parable is included in medieval and later mystery plays about Mary Magdalene, such as Lewis Wager's play of 1550–1566.
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