Mary Magdalene, reading by a tree. In front of her stands an ointment pot, which refers to a scene from her life that is also depicted in the background: she kneels down before Christ at the Last Supper to anoint his feet. Beneath the scene is a two-line Latin text. This print is part of a series of eight penitent sinners, each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musical) angels in a wreath of clouds, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner concerned, below the scene two lines of text in Latin, Mary Magdalene as a penitent sinner Eight penitent sinners from the Old and New Testament (series title)., print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (attributed to), Karel van Mander (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1595 - 1596, paper, engraving, h 204 mm × w 146 mm