The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt, 1680, Oil on copper, 16 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (42. 5 x 54. 3 cm), Paintings, Marcantonio Franceschini (Italian, Bologna 1648?1729 Bologna), A fifth-century ascetic, Mary of Egypt is shown receiving her Last Communion from the hands of the priest Zosimus, following forty-seven years of isolation in the wilderness of Palestine. The picture has a pendant showing the ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalen