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Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Gaetano, Saint Roch, Saint Martha, and Saint Januarius with scenes from a cholera epidemic below. Lithograph by F. Apicella, ca. 1884.

Saint Martha leading Saint Mary Magdalene up a staircase towards Jesus Christ seated in a temple. Engraving by M. Raimondi, 15--, after Giulio Romano.

A sculpture of Mary and Martha kneeling before Christ and the Apostles. Engraving by Thomas King, 1835.

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Martha

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Images featuring Martha

Works from the collections

A sculpture of Mary and Martha kneeling before Christ and the Apostles. Engraving by Thomas King, 1835.

Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.

Saint Martha leading Saint Mary Magdalene up a staircase towards Jesus Christ seated in a temple. Engraving by M. Raimondi, 15--, after Giulio Romano.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Gaetano, Saint Roch, Saint Martha, and Saint Januarius with scenes from a cholera epidemic below. Lithograph by F. Apicella, ca. 1884.

Sainte Marthe.