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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]
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]
Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." [2] In the painting, Christ is shown as a bearded man in a blue tunic. He gesticulates at Martha, the woman standing behind Mary, rebuking her for her frustration. The foods are shown prepared in ways typical of Spanish cookery at the time.
Typically, Mary, the elder sister, is preparing or serving food, while Martha is listening to Christ. However, it appears in some Ottonian cycles of the Life of Christ. Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, a 1618 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish painter Velázquez. Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, a 1655 painting by Johannes Vermeer.
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
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 ...
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It is the largest painting by Vermeer and one of the very few with an overt religious subject. The story of Christ visiting the household of the two sisters Mary of Bethany and Martha goes back to the New Testament. [1] The work has also been called Christ in the House of Mary and Martha (reversing the last two names). [2]