page_title: Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary
section_title: Depictions in art
hierarchical_section_title: Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary / Depictions in art
context_page_description: Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary refers to a Biblical episode in the life of Jesus which appears only in Luke's Gospel, and can be read immediately after the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus visits the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary of Bethany, the latter typically conflated in Catholic medieval tradition with Mary Magdalene, though the New Testament probably means a different person.
context_section_description: The episode is mostly found in art from the Counter-Reformation onwards, especially in the 17th century, when the domestic setting is usually given a realistic depiction, and the subject appears as a single work rather than in cycles of the Life of Christ, or the life of Mary Magdalene. However, it appears in some Ottonian manuscript cycles, including the one in the Pericopes of Henry II (c. 1002–1012), where it is given a hieratic architectural setting. Many paintings show Mary washing, or just having washed, Jesus's feet, recalling the story in John 12.1–8 (which seems to be about Mary of Bethany). Via the story in Luke 7.36–50 (about an unnamed 'sinful woman'), however, Mary of Bethany was often conflated with Mary Magdalene, and this too may be reflected in art. Artists depicting the subject include Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt, Jan Vermeer, Caravaggio and Rubens.
  Individual works with articles include:
  Christ in the House of Martha and Mary – an early work by the Spanish painter Velázquez
  Christ in the House of Martha and Mary – by Johannes Vermeer
  Martha and Mary Magdalene – Caravaggio
caption: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Diego Velázquez, 1618
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