is on display at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Why it matters: This is the first time the public can view Penitent ...

Mary Magdalene may have been identified among the 300 tangled figures depicted in Michelangelo’s celebrated Sistine Chapel masterpiece after a centuries-long hunt. Sara Penco, an Italian art ...

In something resembling Where’s Waldo for a Renaissance masterpiece, an Italian researcher is confident she has located a depiction of Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

She was referring to a figure in the right-hand corner of “The Last Judgement,” a legendary depiction of the second coming of ...

Sara Penco, author of the new book 'Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo's Judgement ... The man carrying the cross in Michelangelo's famous painting has long been thought to be Simon of Cyrene ...

1881, oil on canvas, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford Mary Magdalene is a subject often frequented by Henner. The artist possessed a penchant for painting both red-headed female ...

The sneaky figure’s identity was floated by Italian art restorer Sara Penco, who is publishing the Biblical bombshell in her book, “Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Judgement,” this week.