Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Vermeer)

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Artist	Johannes Vermeer
Year	c. 1655
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	160 cm × 142 cm (63 in × 56 in)
Location	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Dutch: Christus in het huis van Martha en Maria) is a painting finished in 1655 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It is now in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. It is the largest painting by Vermeer and one of the very few with an overt religious motive. 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]

^ Luke 10:38–42
^ Liedtke, Walter; Plomp, Michiel C.; Ruger, Axel (2001). Vermeer and the Delft School. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 363 and throughout. ISBN 0-87099-973-7.