A 17th century painting that was lost, then rediscovered, 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 ...

The painting is at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (there are other, subtly different versions at the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art). It shows Mary Magdalene in a dark grotto in ...

Mary Magdalene, who was first to see Jesus resurrected, was a young woman. To see her in her spiritual swoon, in the intimate setting of her private space, is to feel beauty at work.

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 75 (Sale info: To Be Auctioned). Catalogue of the Large Collection of Valuable European Oil Paintings, Now Open for Examination, at Westminster Hall.

Tradition holds that Mary Magdalene spent the last 30 years of her life in and around Marseille, preaching and baptizing believers until she retired to a grotto in the mountains of Sainte-Baume.

Mary Magdalene's story is explored in the final installment of "The Saints." (Fox Nation) According to the gospels, this patron saint of converts was once plagued by demons.

So are some feminist scholars who want to disassociate Mary Magdalene from the sinful woman in Luke 7. But situating Mary in Magdala also shuts the door to Mary’s legacy.