In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
According to medieval legend, Mary Magdalene was a fallen woman until she devoted herself to Christ. During her ascetic life in the wilderness, angels raised her aloft seven times a day to hear the music of the heavenly host while her visions of paradise enhanced her radiance. Interested in reviving classical ideals, Renaissance artists such as Lucas Cranach the Elder gave Mary Magdalene a Venus-like body to personify her divine beauty
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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Ecstasy of Mary Mag
Lucas Cranach the Elder — The Ecstacy of St. Mary Magdalen
Albrecht Dürer — The Ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalen
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) — St. Mary Magdalen
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Penance of St. John
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) — Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer — The Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalen
Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550) — Misfortune
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Life of the Virgin:
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Hercules at the Crossro
Hans Baldung (German, 1484/85–1545) — The Great St. Sebastia
Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger — Expulsion from 
