Michelangelo Cerruti, Supper in the House of the Pharisee

1757
Fresco
Church of La Maddalena, Rome

The episode is recounted in Luke 7:36-50. A "sinful woman" enters the house where a Pharisee is hosting Jesus and washes his feet and anoints them, scandalizing the Pharisee. Jesus uses the occasion to make a point about forgiveness.

In the Middle Ages it was believed that the woman with the ointment was St. Mary Magdalene.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.