''Christ the Gardener'' is an oil on canvas painting by
Édouard Manet, executed from 1856 to 1859, one of his few religious works. It shows the risen Christ in the
Noli me tangere episode, although unusually
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cru ...
is not shown.
It is now in a private collection.
References
1859 paintings
Paintings of Noli me tangere
Paintings by Édouard Manet
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