The Temptation of the Magdalene | Jacob Jordaens | 1616 19th Century a grieving mother cradles her

a grieving mother cradles her lifeless child

Now Was the Day Departing (1890) by Gustave Doré (1832–1883) depicts two cloaked figures pausing beneath a star-filled sky as the crescent moon rises above the distant horizon

A dog barks anxiously nearby

Created as an illustration for "The Divine Comedy

and deeply human

The Temptation of the Magdalene | Jacob Jordaens | 1616 19th Century a grieving mother cradles herJordaens presents Mary Magdalene at a moment of moral tension, her head bowed in languid stillness as worldly riches are offered before her. An elderly figure presses jewellery into her hand, while a skull rests against her lapa stark emblem of mortality set against the lure of earthly vanity. Behind her, a richly dressed companion leans in, urging indulgence. From the darkness emerges a more unsettling presence: a shadowed figure with a distorted,