Christus im Hause der Martha,

um 1654

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

162,5 x 129,8 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 492

Acquisition

1845 von Ludwig I. aus dem Besitz des Kardinals Fesch in Paris erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Eustache Le Sueur, Christus im Hause der Martha, um 1654, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/9pL3Qnd4eb (Last updated on 12.12.2023)

Martha receives Jesus and his disciples into her home. While she goes about her household chores her sister, Mary, sits at Jesus’s feet and listens to his words. Martha complains to Jesus who then explains to her that ‘Mary has chosen the good part’. It is this very moment when Jesus is talking to Martha that Le Sueur has captured here. One critic later praised Mary’s touched expression in particular that mirrors the effect of Jesus’s words. It is no coincidence that Le Sueur was considered ‘France’s Raphael’ in the eighteenth century.