Vermeer
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

1654-55 (?)
Oil on canvas, 160 x 142 cm.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

The episode pictured is narrated in Luke 10:38-42. Martha has been busy with the demands of hospitality, but Jesus tells her that "Mary hath chosen the best part" just by sitting with him.

Both the dating and the attribution of this painting have been questioned.

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