The Supper at Emmaus
Rembrandt’s depiction of Christ revealing himself to the pilgrims during the supper at Emmaus was the culmination of his research into the representation of the figure of the Savior—almost dissolved in blinding light or in silhouette, in profile or facing us—an effect which he experimented with in numerous drawings, only a few of which have survived.
School of Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn) (1606 – 1669)
circa 1630-33
Pen and brown ink heightened with black chalk on paper – H. 10 cm; W. 11 cm – Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Inv 1968.18
circa 1630-33
Pen and brown ink heightened with black chalk on paper – H. 10 cm; W. 11 cm – Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Inv 1968.18
© President and Fellows of Harvard College / Photo Allan Macintyre