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Look at the open space between Christ and the kneeling Magdalene, then find the two angels and the empty stone coffin inside the tomb.
After the Resurrection, Christ appears to Mary Magdalene outside the empty tomb, and the Latin title gives his words to her, “Do not touch me.” It is the last of the five predella scenes in the order the Art Institute of Chicago gives. Perugino gives Christ a long-handled hoe and places two angels inside the open tomb behind.
Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas · 27.3 × 46.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Renaissance · High Renaissance and Mannerism
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- Museum title
- Noli Me Tangere
- Artist
- Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci; Italian, 1445/46-1523)
- Date
- 1500–05
- Medium
- Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.3 × 46.3 cm (10 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Renaissance c. 1300–1600
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.