Titian, Tiziano Vecelli - Do not touch me. Noli me Tangere 1511-1512

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Titian, Tiziano Vecelli - Do not touch me. Noli me Tangere 1511-1512

Do not touch me. Noli me Tangere 1511-1512
109x91cm oil on canvas
National Gallery, London, UK
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From National Gallery, London:
Christ appears to the Magdalen after the Resurrection to comfort her. At first she thinks he is a gardener; when she recognises him he tells her not to touch him - 'noli me tangere' (let no one touch me) - as told in the Gospels (John 20: 14-18). Elsewhere, the Bible records that Christ will soon ascend to heaven and send the Holy Spirit down to his followers: he does not want them to cling to his physical presence.