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Paolo Gerolamo Piola

Mary Magdalen Buying Ointment

1666–1724
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
19.7 × 17 cm (7.8 × 6.7 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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