The Supper at Emmaus

Benedetto Luti, c. 1709

The image shows a sketch of two men seated at a table, with their upper bodies visible. The man on the left is leaning back with his hands raised, while the man on the right faces him with his hands gesturing upward.… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Benedetto Luti ¹
Date: c. 1709 ¹
Medium: black chalk with pen and brown ink and brown wash with touches of red chalk, heightened with white gouache on laid paper washed tan, with some outlines incised for transfer ¹
Original: 3,619 × 5,085 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

This is a painting of an interior space. The artwork features an altar with arched windows in the background. The architecture includes arches and columns. Chairs or pews are visible in the foreground. A colorful…

This is an illustration of a hunting scene featuring a dog chasing a hare.

A work made of red chalk, with stumping, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.

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