Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Diego Velázquez · 1618
Why it's great
A young kitchen maid, with a mortar and eggs and fish, looks angry while she works, and through a window we see Christ talking with two women. Diego Velázquez painted it in 1618, at age 19, and the kitchen is the real subject.
Where to see it
📍 National GalleryCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1599. He moved to Madrid as a young man and became the court painter to King Philip IV, painting portraits such as Las Meninas that are among the greatest in the world. He died in Madrid in 1660.
