Supper at Emmaus (Caravaggio, Milan)

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Supper at Emmaus

Caravaggio, 1606

Oil on canvas

141 × 175 cm

Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Supper at Emmaus (1606) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera (Sala XXIX), Milan.

In the collection of Marchese Patrizi by 1624 and possibly commissioned by him, references by Caravaggio's early biographers Giulio Mancini and Giovanni Bellori suggest it was painted in the few months after May 1606 when the artist was in hiding on the estates of Prince Marzio Colonna following the death of Ranuccio Tomassoni (see main article, Caravaggio), although it may also have been painted in Rome earlier in the year - the innkeeper's wife seems to be the same as the model for Saint Anne in Madonna and Child with St. Anne of 1605, although given the almost complete echoing of pose and lighting, she may have been done from memory. (image)

Supper at Emmaus. 1601. National Gallery, London

The painting inevitably invites comparison with the National Gallery version of the same subject: the expansive theatrical guestures have become understated and natural, the shadows are darkened, and the colours muted although still saturated. The effect is to emphasise presence more than drama. Some details - the ear of the disciple on the right, the right hand of the innkeeper's wife - remain badly drawn, but there is a fluidity in the handling of the paint which was to increase in Caravaggio's post-Roman work as his brushwork became increasingly calligraphic. The artist may have had problems working out his composition - the innkeeper's wife looks like a last-minute addition. Neither she nor the innkeeper are mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 24:28-32, but had been introduced by Renaissance painters to act as a foil to the amazement of the two disciples as they recognise the resurrected Christ.

[edit] See also

• Chronology of works by Caravaggio

[edit] References

• Gash, John (2003). Caravaggio. ISBN 1-904449-22-0. 
• Langdon, Helen (1998). Caravaggio: A Life. ISBN 0-374-11894-9. 
• Robb, Peter (1998). M. ISBN 0-312-27474-2. 

v • d • e Caravaggio List of works 1593-1594 Boy Peeling Fruit (c. 1592)  • Self Portrait as Bacchus (Il Bacchino malato) (c. 1593)  • Boy with a Basket of Fruit • The Fortune Teller (Buona ventura) (c. 1594) • Cardsharps (I bari) (c. 1594) 1595-1599 (the Del Monte paintings) The Musicians (c. 1595)  • Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (c. 1595)  • Saint Francis in Meditation (c. 1595)  • Boy Bitten by a Lizard (c. 1596)  • Apollo the Lute Player (c. 1596)  • The Lute Player (c. 1596)  • Bacchus (c. 1596)  • Penitent Magdalene (c. 1597)  • Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1597)  • Medusa (c. 1597)  • Portrait of a Courtesan (Fillide Melandroni) (c. 1597) • Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto (c. 1597) • The Fortune Teller (c. 1597-98)  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c.1598)  • The Sacrifice of Isaac (Princeton version) (c. 1598)  • John the Baptist (c. 1598)  • Martha and Mary Magdalene (c. 1598)  • Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (1598)  • Basket of Fruit (c. 1599)  • Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1599)  • David and Goliath (c. 1599)  • Narcissus (c. 1599)  • Boy Bitten by a Lizard (c. 1600) 1600-1606 (Most Famous Painter in Rome) The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599 - 1600)  • The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (1599 - 1600)  • The Conversion of Saint Paul (1600)  • The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (1601)  • The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus (1601)  • Supper at Emmaus (London) (1601)  • The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew  • Amor Victorious (1602)  • Saint Matthew and the Angel (1602)  • The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602)  • John the Baptist (Capitoline) (1602)  • John the Baptist (Pamphilij) (c. 1602)  • The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (c. 1602) • The Taking of Christ (1602)  • Saint Francis in Meditation (Cappuccini) (c. 1603)  • The Entombment (c. 1603)  • The Sacrifice of Isaac (1603)  • Madonna of Loreto (Madonna dei Pellegrini, Pilgrims' Madonna) (c. 1604)  • John the Baptist (Kansas City) (1604)  • John the Baptist (Palazzo Corsini) (1604)  • The Crowning with Thorns (Prato) (1604)  • The Death of the Virgin (1604)  • Christ on the Mount of Olives (1605)  • Ecce Homo (c. 1605)  • Saint Jerome in Meditation (c. 1605)  • Saint Jerome Writing (Borghese) (c. 1605)  • Portrait of Pope Paul V (1605)  • Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge (1605)  • Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Madonna de Palafrenieri, Grooms' Madonna) (1606) 1606-1608 Naples and Malta Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy (1606)  • Saint Francis in Prayer (Cremona) (1606)  • Supper at Emmaus (Milan) (1606)  • The Seven Works of Mercy (1606)  • The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (1607)  • David with the Head of Goliath (Vienna) (1607)  • Madonna of the Rosary (1607)  • The Crowning with Thorns (Vienna) (1607)  • The Flagellation of Christ (c. 1607)  • Christ at the Column (c. 1607)  • Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (London) (c. 1607)  • Saint Jerome Writing (Valletta) (1607)  • Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (1607-1608)  • Portrait of Fra Antionio Martelli (1608)  • The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (1608)  • Sleeping Cupid (1608)  • John the Baptist (John the Baptist at the Fountain) (1608) 1608-1610 Sicily and Naples The Annunciation (1608)  • Burial of St. Lucy (1608)  • The Raising of Lazarus (1609)  • Adoration of the Shepherds (1609)  • Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (1609)  • Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Madrid) (1609)  • Denial of Saint Peter (1610)  • John the Baptist (Borghese) (1610)  • The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610)  • David with the Head of Goliath (1610) Works attributed to Caravaggio Still Life with Flowers and Fruit  • John the Baptist (Reclining) (1610)  • The Tooth Puller (1607 - 1609)  • John the Baptist (Basel)  • Boy Peeling a Fruit (c. 1593)  • Holy Family with St. John the Baptist  • Cardsharps (pre-1594)