Rembrandt van Rijn1648

The Supper at Emmaus (Louvre)

At the table in Emmaus the risen Christ takes the bread and blesses it, and in the breaking their eyes are opened to know him (Luke 24). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1648).

The Supper at Emmaus (Louvre) by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Luke 24:30
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606-1669 · Dutch

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.