Supper at Emmaus

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Baroque painting painting

Supper at Emmaus is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the moment the resurrected Christ is recognized by his disciples during a meal, celebrated for its dramatic lighting and realistic detail.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque painting → painting →
artHistoricalPeriod	early Baroque →
artist	Caravaggio →
basedOn	Gospel of Luke → New Testament →
character	Cleopas → Jesus Christ → another disciple → innkeeper →
city	London →
collection	National Gallery, London →
completionDate	1601 →
country	United Kingdom →
countryOfOrigin	Italy →
creator	Caravaggio →
depictionLocation	Emmaus →
depicts	Supper at Emmaus (biblical event) → disciples of Christ → resurrected Christ →
feature	dramatic lighting → naturalistic figures → realistic detail → tenebrism →
genre	religious painting →
hasVersion	Supper at Emmaus (1606, Milan) →
height	141 cm →
iconography	bread and wine → fruit basket → table setting →
inception	1601 →
influenced	Baroque painters →
lighting	single strong light source →
location	National Gallery, London →
materialUsed	oil on canvas →
medium	oil paint →
movement	Baroque →
museumAccessionNumber	NG172 →
orientation	landscape format →
originalLanguageTitle	Cena in Emmaus →
shows	meal at Emmaus → moment of recognition of Christ →
significance	key work in Baroque naturalism → masterpiece of Caravaggio →
style	chiaroscuro →
support	canvas →
theme	Resurrection of Christ →
width	196.2 cm →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Les Pèlerins d’Emmaüs ("Road to Emmaus narrative") →	basedOn
Les Pèlerins d’Emmaüs ("Road to Emmaus") →	depicts
Caravaggio →	notableWork
Supper at Emmaus ("Cena in Emmaus") →	originalLanguageTitle
Supper at Emmaus ("meal at Emmaus") →	shows
Les Pèlerins d’Emmaüs ("The Pilgrims of Emmaus") →	titleMeaning