Supper at Emmaus
Artist
Unidentified Neapolitan Painter
(Italian, 17th century)
Datec. 1620
CultureItalian
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceJ. D. Ichenhauser, London; (sold Ichenhauser sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 24 March 1911, lot 240). Dr. John E. Stillwell, New York; (sold Stillwell sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 1–3 December 1927, lot 452, for $800); John Ringling (1866–1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN116
As this work is the most exemplary of a distinctive group of paintings, the otherwise anonymous painter has been give the name "Master of the Sarasota Emmaus." Though a place of birth or origin is unknown, it is certain that the painter had some familiarity with the artistic environment in Rome and the followers of Caravaggio. The half-length figures, dark background, deep shadows, and naturalistic faces are all characteristic of this famous and influential Italian master.
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