Supper at Emmaus

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1601

Oil on canvas, 141 × 196.2 cm

National Gallery, London

Room III · The Great Commissions (1600–1604)

Supper at Emmaus, Caravaggio, 1601 — Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Two disciples recognise the risen Christ as he blesses the bread: one flings his arms wide, the other is about to spring from his chair. The basket of fruit teetering on the table's edge seems about to fall towards us. It was painted for Ciriaco Mattei.