This panel designed by Henry Holiday for Powell and sons (1891) is in Salisbury Cathedral and depicts two of the Gospel women named Mary: Mary of Bethany (left) and Mary Magdalene (right). It forms part of a thematic sequence celebrating women of devotion and spiritual insight throughout Scripture.
On the left, Mary of Bethany holds a small casket of ointment, referring to her act of anointing Jesus’s feet with costly perfume, a symbol of love and worship (John 12:3). Her long golden hair and downcast gaze evoke quiet contemplation and reverence.