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The Supper at Emmaus
Giovanni Battista Piazzettac. 1720
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This painting depicts the biblical story of the Supper at Emmaus, when the disguised, resurrected Christ suddenly reveals himself to two astonished disciples as they all sit down to dinner. The artist has painted the figures’ hands and the objects on the table meticulously, but leaves other details vague, including the background drapery, in order to heighten the unfolding drama.
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- Title: The Supper at Emmaus
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682-1754)
- Date Created: c. 1720
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 133.4 x 167 x 9.5 cm (52 1/2 x 65 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 108 x 140.6 cm (42 1/2 x 55 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Giovanni Paolo Baglioni, San Cassiano, Venice, 1787, the family of Castiglioni, San Cassiano, Venice, Count Castiglioni (Padua, Italy), Italico Brass (Venice, Italy), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.245
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: "Piaceta f."
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, 18th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: P - Italian 18th Century
- Accession Number: 1931.245
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