The small plate has a very worn pictorial film, and several details are unfortunately lost. However, the surviving excerpts make it possible to bring the painting closer to the catalog of Fra Bartolomeo, a Dominican friar and painter active in Florence between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The scene depicts the moment in which the risen Christ is recognized by his follower Magdalene, who throws herself at his feet. However, Jesus is now part of the kingdom of heaven and admonishes her with the cry of "Noli me tangere", do not touch me. Fra Bartolomeo challenged himself several times with this subject, of which other versions and some drawings survive.
Title: Do not touch me
Author: Baccio della Porta, detto Frà Bartolomeo
Date: circa 1510
Technique: oil on the table
Displayed in: National Museums of Genoa - Palazzo Spinola
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