Supper at Emmaus
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painting by Caravaggio, National Gallery, London
Key facts
- Artist
- Caravaggio
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 141 cm × 196.2 cm (56 in × 77.2 in)
- Location
- National Gallery , London
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Encyclopedic overview
The Supper at Emmaus is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, completed in 1601, and now in London. It depicts the Gospel story of the resurrected Jesus's appearance in Emmaus.
Originally, this painting was commissioned and paid for by Ciriaco Mattei, brother of Cardinal Girolamo Mattei.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Supper at Emmaus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.