According
to the Gospel of St. Luke, after the death of Christ, two of his
disciples traveling down the road to Emmaus met a stranger and invited
him to join them. At supper the stranger blessed the bread and broke it
to give to the disciples. Immediately the disciples saw the stranger
was Christ risen from the dead.
This painting dramatically captures the moment when the disciples realize the stranger is Christ himself. Caravaggio painted this masterpiece in 1601 for a Roman nobleman and avid art collector. The painting contains all the stylistic elements that Caravaggio is noted for: the realistic figures and the dramatic changes of light and dark.
This painting is part of the London's National Gallery of Art permanent collection but in late 2009, the National Gallery lent the painting to the Art Institute of Chicago for three months in return for borrowing a painting by Francisco de Zurbará which would play a key part in an exhibition.
This painting dramatically captures the moment when the disciples realize the stranger is Christ himself. Caravaggio painted this masterpiece in 1601 for a Roman nobleman and avid art collector. The painting contains all the stylistic elements that Caravaggio is noted for: the realistic figures and the dramatic changes of light and dark.
This painting is part of the London's National Gallery of Art permanent collection but in late 2009, the National Gallery lent the painting to the Art Institute of Chicago for three months in return for borrowing a painting by Francisco de Zurbará which would play a key part in an exhibition.
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