Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
1618 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63 × 103.5 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is an oil-on-canvas painting from Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, dating to his Seville period. Housed in the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom, it was painted in 1618, shortly after he completed his apprenticeship with Pacheco. At this time, Velázquez was experimenting with the potential of the bodegones, a form of genre painting set in taverns (the meaning of bodegon) or kitchens which was frequently used to relate scenes of contemporary Spain to themes and stories from the Bible. Often they contained depictions of people working with food and drink.
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About this artwork
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) by Diego Velazquez, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Diego Velazquez
(baptized June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period.
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