Christ’s Second Visit to the House of Mary and Martha

Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Cornelis Engebrechtsz, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Cornelis Engebrechtsz, c. 1515 - c. 1520

Here we are witnesses to a dramatic moment. Christ sits next to his mother, the Virgin Mary, in the house of the sisters Martha and Mary Magdalene, the latter of whom is seated at his feet on the floor. Both Marys - Jesus’s mother and his friend - are trying in vain to dissuade him from going to Jerusalem, where he will die on the cross.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-2232
Dimensionssupport: height 55 cm x width 44.5 cm x height 54.5 cm (painted surface) x width 43 cm (painted surface)
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Christ’s Second Visit to the House of Mary and Martha

Identification

Title(s)
- Christ’s Second Visit to the House of Mary and Martha
- Christ in the House of Mary and Martha (former title)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-2232
Description
Interieur met Christus bij Martha en Maria. Christus zit op een bank naast zijn moeder Maria en spreekt met enkele discipelen. Op de vloer voor hem knielt Maria, de zuster van Martha. Op de achtergrond werkt Martha in de keuken bij de haard. Boven de doorgang naar de keuken een voorstelling van de dood van Lucretia.
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Catalogue reference
- K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 56, afb. 39.
- E. Pelinck, 'Cornelis Engebrechtsz. De herkomst van zijn kunst', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 2 (1948-1949), p. 59.
- J.R.J. van; Wheelock Jr, A.K. Asperen de Boer, Underdrawings in Some Paintings by Cornelis Engebrechtsz, uit: Oud-Holland : nieuwe bijdragen voor de geschiedenis der Nederlandsche kunst, letterkunde, nijverheid, enz., 87, 1973, 2/3, pagina pp. 61-94 - p. 65, 67, 88-93
- P. Wescher, 'Zur Chronologie der Gemälde des Cornelis Engelbrechtsen', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 58 (1924-1925), p. 99.

Creation

Creation
- painter: Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Leiden
- painter: Cornelis Engebrechtsz, Leiden
Dating
c. 1515 - c. 1520
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
support: height 55 cm x width 44.5 cm x height 54.5 cm (painted surface) x width 43 cm (painted surface)

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Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1906-06
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, M. Dimitri Schevitz (†) (Paris), Paris (P. Chevallier), 4 April 1906 sqq., no. 30, as Dutch school, early 16th century, frs. 3,600, to the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris;{Copy RKD.} from whom, fl. 2,100, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1906; on loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004-10

Documentation

- K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 56, afb. 39.
- E. Pelinck, 'Cornelis Engebrechtsz. De herkomst van zijn kunst', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 2 (1948-1949), p. 59.
- J.R.J. van; Wheelock Jr, A.K. Asperen de Boer, Underdrawings in Some Paintings by Cornelis Engebrechtsz, uit: Oud-Holland : nieuwe bijdragen voor de geschiedenis der Nederlandsche kunst, letterkunde, nijverheid, enz., 87, 1973, 2/3, pagina pp. 61-94 - p. 65, 67, 88-93
- P. Wescher, 'Zur Chronologie der Gemälde des Cornelis Engelbrechtsen', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 58 (1924-1925), p. 99.

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