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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Tintoretto, 1570s. Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary, in art usually called Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, and other variant names, is a Biblical episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament which appears only in Luke's Gospel (Luke 10:38–42), immediately after the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37). [1]
The film tells the story of two very different women, Mary (Hilary Swank) and Martha (Brenda Blethyn), who both lose their sons to malaria. Mary is an overly protective American mother. After her young son and only child, George (Lux Haney-Jardine), is bullied by classmates, she decides to pull him out of school and take him on an extended trip ...
Mary and Martha may refer to: Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary, a story in Luke 10; Mary and Martha, sisters of Lazarus of Bethany, in John 11 Mary of Bethany; Martha; Mary and Martha, a 2013 British television movie starring Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn; Mary and Martha Society, a Christianity-based service organization
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, dating to his Seville period, now in the National Gallery, London. It was probably painted in 1618 (it is dated, but the "8" is "fragmentary" and uncertain), [ 1 ] shortly after he completed his apprenticeship with Pacheco .
From the Carnegie Museum of Art: "Henry Ossawa Tanner Christ at the Home of Mary and Martha Artist Henry Ossawa Tanner American1859–1937 Date c. 1905 Classification Paintings Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Work51 ½ × 41 ½ in130.81 × 105.41 cm Frame65 × 54 ½ × 3 ½ in165.10 × 138.43 × 8.89 cm Accession No. 07.3 Location Scaife Gallery 5
The painting illustrates Luke 10, verses 38–42 in the Bible, when Christ ate at the table of the sisters Martha and Mary. [2] In the scripture, Martha is doing all the work to serve as hostess to Jesus, while her sister sat with him. [2] She reproved Mary for sitting while she did all the work. [2]
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That original image from the Carnegie was modified to make this current upload; this is the second time it is uploaded, as it first uploaded as File:Christ in the Home of Mary and Martha, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, lightened from original.jpg. That uploaded version was modified to bring out detail; this darker version does better to show balance ...