Jan Sadeler, inc. Cornelis Galle (1576-1650) - Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria - Rara scena di cucina

A beautiful and rare engraving by Cornelis Galle, in reverse from the original by Jan Sadeler, itself based on a painting by Jacopo Bassano, depicting a scene of everyday life, from a series of three “Kitchen Scenes” on the same subject.
Impression on laid paper, backed, in good condition following restoration of tears and small losses still visible when held up to the light (see photos).
At lower right, “C. Galle”; below the image, a one-line Latin inscription [ ]ha Martha solicita...non auferetur ab eam”; further below, the imprint “Susanna Verbruggen exc.”
Christ enters through an arched doorway on the left, welcomed by Martha and Mary; on the right is a kitchen, with a maid tending a pot over the fire and a cook standing at a table with a knife. Plates and pots hang from hooks on the wall; on the floor are plucked ducks and a servant with a basket of fish. Further back is a garden, with a figure standing by a well.