1-156-698 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

'Kitchen Scene with Christ in the house of Mary and Martha', c1618-1622. Martha supervises work in the kitchen. A young servant girl, wearing an unhappy expression, is pounding ingredients with a pestle and mortar, while an older woman supervises from over her shoulder. On the table in front of her are garlic, chili, eggs and fresh fish. In the background, Christ is depicted admonishing Martha for her excessive preoccupation with domestic tasks.