One of Caravaggio's two 'Supper at Emmaus' compositions, the Brera version (c. 1605–1606) depicts the moment from the Gospel of Luke in which the risen Christ breaks bread with two disciples and is suddenly recognised. Unlike the brighter, more animated London version of 1601, the Brera painting reduces light and gesture: the tenebrist background deepens, the astonishment of the disciples is hushed to an inward awe. Painted while Caravaggio was fleeing Rome after committing murder, the canvas marks a meditative turn in his late use of darkness and is one of the supreme expressions of his final years.

Exhibition Venue

Pinacoteca di Brera

Milan, Italy

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