Vermeer, Jan (2) 요하네스 베르메르

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

oil on canvas (160 × 142 cm) — ca. 1654

  National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Johannes Vermeer biography

 

This work is linked to Luke 10:40

(눅 10:40)

마르다는 3)준비하는 일이 많아 마음이 분주한지라 예수께 나아가 이르되 주여 내 동생이 나 혼자 일하게 두는 것을 생각하지 아니하시나이까 그를 명하사 나를 도와 주라 하소서

 

An early work by Vermeer. It is the largest surviving painting he made. It is likely that he freely borrowed elements from mostly Italian masters, including Jesus' face and the gesture he makes with his right hand.

Mary listens attentive while her sister Martha presents the bread. Jesus says that Martha had better do like her sister.

Vermeer used the subjects' gazes and gestures to compose a strong cohesion among them.

 

마르다와 마리아

(눅 10:38)

○그들이 길 갈 때에 예수께서 한 마을에 들어가시매 마르다라 이름하는 한 여자가 자기 집으로 영접하더라

(눅 10:39)

그에게 마리아라 하는 동생이 있어 주의 발치에 앉아 그의 말씀을 듣더니

(눅 10:40)

마르다는 3)준비하는 일이 많아 마음이 분주한지라 예수께 나아가 이르되 주여 내 동생이 나 혼자 일하게 두는 것을 생각하지 아니하시나이까 그를 명하사 나를 도와 주라 하소서

(눅 10:41)

주께서 대답하여 이르시되 마르다야 마르다야 네가 많은 일로 염려하고 근심하나

 

 

 

 

 

Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675

The Allegory of Faith

oil on canvas (114 × 89 cm) — c. 1670-1672

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Johannes Vermeer biography

 

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This is one Vermeer's last works. It shows a woman undergoing an intense religious moment.

The work is full of symbolism. Vermeer probably used the book Iconoligia by the Italian author Cesare Ripa. The woman symbolizes faith. The white in her dress stands for purity, the blue for the heavenly sky. The hand on her chest indicates that faith lives in the heart. She literally has the world under her feet.

She seems to be looking at the glass sphere hung from the ceiling. There is no certainty about the meaning of the sphere. Some say it may depict the human mind, capable of reflection and of containing infinity.

In the foreground lies a snake crushed by a large stone. The scene symbolizes Christ destroying Satan. Next to it is an apple, the symbol of the original sin.

The woman is seated on a platform. Next to her is a table with a crucifix, a goblet and a book (bible or missal). The painting in the background is a Crucifixion by Jacob Jordaens.

The room may very well be a hidden church. In the second half of the 17th century Catholics in the Northern Netherlands were increasingly being persecuted. They had to take refuge to hidden churches to celebrate mass.