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After the crucifixion two of Christ\'s disciples, one of whom is named as Cleophas, were approached by a stranger as they made their way from Jerusalem to Emmaus. They persuaded him to dine with them, and as he blessed the bread, they recognised him as the risen Christ. New Testament (Luke 24: 13-32). This is the dramatic moment Caravaggio has chosen to represent. The inn-keeper looks on inquiringly, unaware of the significance of his guest. The scallop shell worn by the disciple on the right signifies that he is a pilgrim. The grapes in the foreground may be intended to have eucharistic significance.
NG 172 was commissioned by the Roman nobleman Ciriaco Mattei and was painted in 1601. Shortly afterwards it entered the collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese.
The composition of the picture may derive from Venetian precedents and the beardless Christ appears in Milanese painting of the sixteenth century. Caravaggio painted a variant of this picture several years later (Milan, Brera). NG 172 was engraved by Pierre Fatoure (died 1629).
Ciriaco Mattei, Palazzo Mattei, Rome, 1602; Cardinal Scipione Borghese, before 1633; Hon. George Vernon by 1831; by whom presented, 1839.
Levey 1971, pp. 49-53
Hibbard 1983, pp. 73-80
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NG 172 was commissioned by the Roman nobleman Ciriaco Mattei and was painted in 1601. Shortly afterwards it entered the collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese.
The composition of the picture may derive from Venetian precedents and the beardless Christ appears in Milanese painting of the sixteenth century. Caravaggio painted a variant of this picture several years later (Milan, Brera). NG 172 was engraved by Pierre Fatoure (died 1629).
Ciriaco Mattei, Palazzo Mattei, Rome, 1602; Cardinal Scipione Borghese, before 1633; Hon. George Vernon by 1831; by whom presented, 1839.
Levey 1971, pp. 49-53
Hibbard 1983, pp. 73-80
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