Christus bei Maria und Martha, ca. 1650 – 1654

Title

Christus bei Maria und Martha

Draughtsman

• Eustache Le Sueur

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque
• French classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite?
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• washing
• pen drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for a painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): Le Sueur.

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Baum und Krone in ovaler Form und das Buchstabenpaar M C

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1847

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• Martha of Bethany

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 10,38-42

Primary

• 73C72232 Martha complains to Christ about Mary
• 73C72233 Christ's answer to Martha who complains about Mary: 'Mary has chosen the good portion ...'

Secondary

• 31A25551(+53) index finger upwards (+ sitting)
• 31AA2331 kneeling on both knees - AA - female human figure
• 48C1621 arcade ~ architecture