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43. Thank you for this, and the explanations and discussion.

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 02:32 PM

Sep 2014

Beautiful works of art, though none quite depict Mary as I perceive her at the hour of her death.

She was in her late forties when Christ was killed, and apparently lived many years beyond that, likely decades, as Jesus gave her care to John the Apostle as he(Christ) was dying. John the apostle was a young man, possibly about 20 at that time.

So the Rubens depicting a young woman with long, flowing brown hair doesn't do it for me.
The woman in the Saraceni painting at least could be somewhat older, despite the dark hair.

As an older woman myself, I like to reflect on Mary as she aged, and as a model for older women.

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