Martha and Mary Magdalene

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Alternate titles include Martha Reproving Mary, The Conversion of the Magdalene, and the Alzaga Caravaggio. Like several other works of the period, the painting adheres to the medieval traditions, firstly that the sisters Mary and Martha referred to in the Gospels were Mary Magdalen and Martha of Bethany, and secondly that Mary Magdalen was before her conversion a courtesan.