The Supper at Emmaus
c. 1720
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)
European Painting and Sculpture
The Supper at Emmaus, c. 1720. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Oil on canvas; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1931.245 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: "Piaceta f."
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1931.245
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Venetian Tradition, Painting in Italy in the Eighteenth Century, Rococo to Romanticism, The Glory of Venice: Art in the 18th Century, Florence, Pitti Palace, 1922: "mostra della pittura italiana del seicento e settecento," cat. no. 750 (catalogue by Roberto Longhi, et. al.). <br><br>New ork, Durlacher Brothers, November 19-December 8, 1934: "An Exhibition of Venetian Painting 1600-1800," cat. no. 14. <br><br>CMA, 1936: "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition," cat. no. 162, plate XXXVIII. <br><br>San Francisco, May 25-September 9, 1940: "Golden Gate International Exposition," cat. no. 163, repr. <br><br>Northampton, mas., Smith College Museum of Art, February 6-February 26, 1947: "Italian Baroque Painting," cat. no. 27. <br><br>Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum, April 9-May 16, 1948: "Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Art of Europe during the XVI-XVII Centuries," cat. no. 22. <br><br>CMA, 1956: "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 29. <br><br>Balitmore Museum of Art, 1968: "From El Greco to Pollock," cat. no. 38, repr. <br><br>Venice, Doge's Palace, June 7-October 15, 1969: "Dal Ricci al Tiepolo, i pittori di figura del settecento a Venezia," cat. no. 58, illus. pp. 138-39, (catalogue by Pietro Zampetti). <br><br>The Art Institute of Chicago, September 19, 1970-March 21, 1971: "Painting in Italy in the 18th Century,"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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