1655 (ca.), Johannes Vermeer, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: This subject is taken from the Gospel of St Luke in which Christ praises Mary's eagerness to sit listening to his teachings, in contrast to her sister Martha who is serving him. Vermeer possibly painted it for the clandestine Jesuit church in his hometown of Delft or for a Catholic patron. It is one of the earliest and the largest of his surviving 36 works, and the only one featuring a biblical subject.
1655 (ca.), Johannes Vermeer, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: This subject is taken from the Gospel of St Luke in which Christ praises Mary's eagerness to sit listening to his teachings, in contrast to her sister Martha who is serving him. Vermeer possibly painted it for the clandestine Jesuit church in his hometown of Delft or for a Catholic patron. It is one of the earliest and the largest of his surviving 36 works, and the only one featuring a biblical subject.