Mary Magdalene as a young girl, clutching her unguent vase 1832

"Mary Magdalene as a young girl, clutching her unguent vase" is a lithograph created by Italian artist Giovita Garavaglia in 1832. It depicts Mary Magdalene, a significant figure in Christianity, as a young woman. She is shown with a halo, a common attribute of saints in Christian art, and holds a vase containing perfumed oil, referencing her role in anointing Jesus's body after his death. Garavaglia, known for his engravings and lithographs, captures Magdalene's youthful beauty and reverence in this delicate and detailed print, now held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.