Johannes Vermeer · c.1654–55

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Name: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Johannes Vermeer
Brand: Chromora
SKU: vermeer-christ-in-the-house-of-martha-and-mary
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Christ, seated in a blue cloak, gestures towards Mary sitting at his feet while Martha leans in with a basket of bread. Vermeer's largest painting and his only known biblical scene. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Up to 16 × 18.5 in · portrait

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Painted when Vermeer was in his early twenties, this is the largest of his surviving works and the only one with a subject from the Bible (Luke 10:38-42). The broad handling and warm colour show him still working as a history painter, before he turned to small interiors. The signature was found during cleaning in 1901. The sons of the Scottish thread manufacturer William Allan Coats gave it to the National Gallery of Scotland in 1927.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. He was not wealthy; at his death, his wife was left in debt.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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