Dinner at Emmaus
ArtistRembrandt
Year1648
MediumOil on canvas
LocationLouvre, Paris
About Dinner at Emmaus
Rembrandts interpretation of the same subject as Caravaggio. Much calmer and more introspective. Christ is revealed in the act of blessing the bread. The figures are lit from an unseen source.
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