Caravaggio - Martha and Mary Magdalene 1598
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Martha and Mary Magdalene 1598
97x132cm oil/canvas
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, US
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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According to the gospels, Martha and Mary were sisters of Lazarus, and particularly good friends of Jesus who frequently stayed at their house in Bethany. During the middle ages, however, popular piety began to identify the sinning woman taken in adultery, usually known as Mary Magdalen, as Mary the sister of Martha. Caravaggio's painting offers an iconographically twist to this theme. It shows Martha reproaching Mary Magdalene for her vanity. Only later will Mary convert.