| Mary Magdalene in the Desert | |
| Other Language 1: | French |
| Other Title 1: | Marie-Madeleine au désert |
| Wikidata: | Q106253804 |
| Artist: | Emmanuel Benner |
| Year: | 1886 |
| Medium: | oil paint on canvas |
| Movement: | Academic art |
| Subject: | Mary Magdalene reading a book in the desert |
| Height Metric: | 131 |
| Width Metric: | 175 |
| Dimensions Ref: | [1] |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Museum: | Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain |
| City: | Strasbourg |
| Accession: | 1895 |
Mary Magdalene in the Desert (French: Marie-Madeleine au désert) is a 1886 painting by Emmanuel Benner (1836-1896). It is now in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.163.[1]
The painting is a depiction of Mary Magdalene as a voluptuous nude woman, who appears reclined while reading a folio in what is purportedly a cave in a desert. The painting was exhibited at the Salon de 1886 in Paris.[2]