Christus und Magdalena - "Noli me tangere",

1590

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

259 x 185 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal X

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

494

Acquisition

1806 aus der Galerie Düsseldorf

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Federico Barocci, Christus und Magdalena - "Noli me tangere", 1590, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Y0GRkgO4RX (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

While mourning at the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene is surprised by the resurrected Christ. She only recognises him when he calls her name. Barocci captures both the closeness of the protagonists and their distance as, immediately after this scene, Christ says: “Do not touch me”. The artist also expresses this emotional tension through the sensitively composed colouration. In the background, the altarpiece commissioned by Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere shows the silhouette of the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino.