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Supper at Emmaus

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Oil on canvas (1601) by Caravaggio, depicting the moment when the risen Christ reveals himself to two disciples at Emmaus. A still-life of extraordinary quality combined with explosive dramatic gesture. Held at the National Gallery, London.

Scholarly Significance

Caravaggio's most tightly composed biblical dramatic moment; the instant of recognition combining still-life mastery with narrative intensity.

Notes

·Source: Luke 24:13–35 — the risen Christ walks with two disciples to Emmaus; they recognize him at the breaking of bread.
·The basket of fruit on the table edge (about to tumble off) is one of the most celebrated still-life elements in 17th-century painting.
·The two disciples react with violent gestures of amazement; one's arm seems to break the picture plane.
·Painted for the Mattei family, major Roman patrons of Caravaggio.
·A second version (1606, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan) exists from Caravaggio's later, darker period.
·Purchased for the National Gallery from the Beaumont gift, 1839.