Elevation of the Magdalen

The Elevation of the Magdalen or Mystic Communion is a painting of c. 1460 by Antonio del Pollaiuolo in the Museo della Pala del Pollaiolo at Staggia Senese, now a district of the town of Poggibonsi in the Province of Siena, Italy. It shows Saint Mary Magdalene in penitence and prayer in the desert, supported by four angels and with a fifth bringing her a host.

The work was originally commissioned as an altarpiece for the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta in Staggia by Bindo Grazzini, a notary active in Florence but originally from Staggia. Grazzini was also a particular devotee of the Magdalen, to whom he dedicated a chapel in Staggia's parish church and a small hospital in his native area. Long lost, the panel was rediscovered in 1899 by Guido Carocci and six years later was published by Bernard Berenson.

摘自英文维基百科「Elevation of the Magdalen」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。