velazquez christ house martha mary Dimensions (inches):22 x 39" It depicts a beautiful Italian

It depicts a beautiful Italian maiden

created in 1866

a philosopher who lived as a beggar in Athens

The piece has the peculiarity that it was neither exhibited in Paris nor offered for sale

It was there

velazquez christ house martha mary Dimensions (inches):22 x 39" It depicts a beautiful ItalianA biblical scene from the early artistic period of Velzquez. As often happens in Baroque painting, the main scene is depicted in the background, showing Jesus speaking with the sisters Martha and Mary. The characters in the foreground: the elderly woman and the servant, do not belong to the gospel text. Fifty years later, J. Vermeer painted his own version of the biblical passage.