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Mary of Bethany [a] is a biblical figure mentioned by name in the Gospel of John and probably the Gospel of Luke in the Christian New Testament.Together with her siblings Lazarus and Martha, she is described as living in the village of Bethany, a small village in Judaea to the south of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.
The Raising of Lazarus is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1631 by the Dutch artist Jan Lievens. The painting shows Jesus Christ raising Lazarus of Bethany from the dead. Its dimensions are 107 cm (42 in) × 114.3 cm (45.0 in). [1] First acquired by Lievens' associate Rembrandt, it was donated to the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in 1903.
For Sebastiano and his contemporaries, Mary the sister of Lazarus of Bethany was the same person as Mary Magdalene, though today even the Catholic Church agrees with Protestants that Mary of Bethany was a separate person. [9] She is the figure kneeling in front of Christ, which in the gospels precedes the resurrection. [10] [11]
It is the largest painting by Vermeer and one of the very few with an overt religious subject. The story of Christ visiting the household of the two sisters Mary of Bethany and Martha goes back to the New Testament. [1] The work has also been called Christ in the House of Mary and Martha (reversing the last two names). [2]
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The Raising of Lazarus (1633) by Philippe de Champaigne. The Raising of Lazarus is a 1633 oil on canvas painting by Philippe de Champaigne, on long-term loan from the Louvre to the Museum of Grenoble, [1] which also holds that artist's The Assumption, to which it was a pendant.
Paintings of the resurrection of Lazarus of Bethany. Pages in category "Paintings of the Resurrection of Lazarus" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are represented by St. John as living at Bethania, but St. Luke would seem to imply that they were, at least at one time, living in Galilee; he does not mention the name of the town, but it may have been Magdala, and we should thus, supposing Mary of Bethania and Mary Magdalene to be the same person, understand the ...