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Description: | This painting is a late copy of Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1628, National Gallery of Ireland, inv. no. 513), a collaborative work by Peter Paul Rubens, who would have painted the figures, and Jan Brueghel II, who would have painted the landscape. Mary sits at Christ's feet, listening with a book closed on her lap, while Martha reproaches her sister for her laziness. The women embody the respective virtues of the active and contemplative life. Here the New Testament episode is set in a kitchen, where the religious subject is combined with a naturalistic still life. | Subjects: | Mary); still life; animal (dog cat) religion (Christ Martha | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8988... | Go to resource |
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