Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is an oil on canvas painting by Johannes Vermeer, completed around 1655 and measuring about 160 by 142 centimeters, making it the largest known painting by Vermeer. It illustrates the New Testament account of Christ visiting the household of the sisters Martha and Mary of Bethany, and is one of only a small number of Vermeer's paintings with an overtly religious subject. It is held at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is an oil on canvas painting by Johannes Vermeer, completed around 1655 and measuring about 160 by 142 centimeters, making it the largest known painting by Vermeer.
- infobox year field: c. 1655
- infobox medium field: Oil on canvas
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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Dutch: Christus in het huis van Martha en Maria) is an oil painting finished in 1655 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It is now in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh
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