03 — ARTWORK
Supper at Emmaus
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 141 x 175 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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This later version of the subject is more restrained in colour and action than that in the National Galleryan upper story, similar to a tribune, running along the side of a building and open on one side to the interior; in a church (basilica) above the side aisles, over the ambulatory (central-plan building) and also over the west end. The gallery was used to keep certain groups of worshippers apart (women, noblemen)., London, less symbolic, more reverential. Instead of sumptuous still-life, we see only bread, a bowl, a tin plate, and a jug. The gestures of surprise are much the same though differently distributed.
An elderly innkeeper and an elderly maid wait anxiously on the three men who have arrived in the small village. The disciple to the left turns his face away towards Christ, the one on the right is seen in three-quarter profile. This time, instead of recoiling ftom Christ, they len forward in his direction, as with a tranquil gesture he blesses the bread.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Supper at Emmaus by CARAVAGGIO},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/supper-at-emmaus-r1191aba4b4c502},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
