Christ in Emmaus

Title

Christ in Emmaus

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Antonio Guardi

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for a painting?

Captions Added Later

Verso unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Morassi 1975.81.11

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1891

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 24,30-31

Primary

• 73E343 the supper at Emmaus: Christ is recognized while blessing or breaking the bread
• 11G191 angel(s) represented as child(ren)
• 41C3 laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc.
• 41AA1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside
• 73E343(+31) the supper at Emmaus: Christ is recognized while blessing or breaking the bread (+ angel(s) floating in the air)

Historic Attribution

• Sebastiano Ricci draughtsman
• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo draughtsman