Artist: Evie Hone HRHA (1894-1955) Title: Head of a Woman (c.1952) Medium: gouache on paper Size: 37 x 27cm (14.6 x 10.6in) Framed Size: 47 x 36cm (18.5 x 14.2in) Provenance: Estate of Evie Hone to Margaret Clarke; By descent a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} This drawing shows the head of Mary Magdalen as part of Evie Hone's design for the four-light window in the small chapel attached to the Magdalene convent in Galway city. In the final window, Mary Magdalen is shown, hands across her chest, with a single symbol - the alabaster jar containing perfume... Read more This drawing shows the head of Mary Magdalen as part of Evie Hone's design for the four-light window in the small chapel attached to the Magdalene convent in Galway city. In the final window, Mary Magdalen is shown, hands across her chest, with a single symbol - the alabaster jar containing perfume used to anoint Christ (as was often shown in medieval and Renaissance art). In the final window Magdalen's robes are depicted in deep reds and emerald greens and she is surrounded by abstract shapes of pale grey, jade green and ochre. The other panels depict The Blessed Virgin, The Sacred Heart and St. Joseph. Dr Joseph McBrinn, November 2020
Artist: Evie Hone HRHA (1894-1955) Title: Head of a Woman (c.1952) Medium: gouache on paper Size: 37 x 27cm (14.6 x 10.6in) Framed Size: 47 x 36cm (18.5 x 14.2in) Provenance: Estate of Evie Hone to Margaret Clarke; By descent a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} This drawing shows the head of Mary Magdalen as part of Evie Hone's design for the four-light window in the small chapel attached to the Magdalene convent in Galway city. In the final window, Mary Magdalen is shown, hands across her chest, with a single symbol - the alabaster jar containing perfume... Read more This drawing shows the head of Mary Magdalen as part of Evie Hone's design for the four-light window in the small chapel attached to the Magdalene convent in Galway city. In the final window, Mary Magdalen is shown, hands across her chest, with a single symbol - the alabaster jar containing perfume used to anoint Christ (as was often shown in medieval and Renaissance art). In the final window Magdalen's robes are depicted in deep reds and emerald greens and she is surrounded by abstract shapes of pale grey, jade green and ochre. The other panels depict The Blessed Virgin, The Sacred Heart and St. Joseph. Dr Joseph McBrinn, November 2020
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