The Supper at Emmaus

Caravaggio

1601 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610)
Year: 1601
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 141 × 196.2 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Baroque

The risen Christ, beardless and young, blesses bread at an inn table, and the two disciples who had not recognised him react: one flings his arms wide, the other grips his chair, while the innkeeper looks on without understanding. Caravaggio painted it in Rome in 1601 for the banker Ciriaco Mattei. The moment of recognition from the Gospel of Luke is staged at life size with a basket of fruit teetering on the table's edge, so the drama spills toward the viewer. The light comes from one source at the left and the background is bare wall, the formula that made Caravaggio's reputation and that painters across Europe would copy. He returned to the subject in a quieter version in 1606, now in Milan. The London canvas has been in the National Gallery since 1839.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

One light source, bare wall and a table of bread and fruit make this a dining-room piece, over the sideboard at 24×36 in black. It wants a dark or warm wall and low evening light so the figures come forward from the shadow.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Baroque painting
Era: 17th century (1601)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: grand
Rooms: dining room, living room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Supper at Emmaus in the public domain?

Yes. Caravaggio (1571–1610) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Supper at Emmaus painted, and in what medium?

The Supper at Emmaus dates from 1601 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 141 × 196.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Supper at Emmaus we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A blockbuster-style exhibition poster of Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus — the whole canvas shown uncropped on a deep ground from the work, its dramatic chiaroscuro intact, under gallery typography. A defining Baroque masterwork, made to hang like a museum print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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