Illustration: 73C72231x73C72233x1

General

Title Martha serving or preparing food in the kitchen; Mary sits at Christ's feet, listening, Christ's answer to Martha who complains about Mary: 'Mary has chosen the good portion ...'
Type Illustration
Sizes 103x75
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 73C72231,73C72233
Iconclass description Martha serving or preparing food in the kitchen; Mary sits at Christ's feet, listening, Christ's answer to Martha who complains about Mary: 'Mary has chosen the good portion ...'
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Luke) 2 M2v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Luke) vol.2 p.M2v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

Images not available

Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Luke) vol.2 p.M2v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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