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This elegant woman is Mary Magdalene, holding the pot of oil with which she anointed Christ's feet. Although a biblical figure, she is dressed in the height of fifteenth-century fashion. Her red cloak and uncovered hair were meant to hint at the medieval understanding that she 'gave herself to all delights of the body'.In a kind of Renaissance virtual reality, Crivelli plays with our knowledge that we are looking at a flat painted surface by creating an illusion of three-dimensional space. Here Mary stands on a shelf in front of a curved stone recess, casting a shadow on the wall behind her. Her toes in their red sandals protrude over the edge of the shelf, as if she is about to step forward into our world.