Artwork
Sketch for The Supper at Emmaus
Sketch for The Supper at Emmaus is a drawing by Unknown. It dates from 1650 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst. This sketch, created around 1650 by a 17th-century artist, is a preparatory work for a larger painting.
About this work
Overview
This sketch, created around 1650 by a 17th-century artist, is a preparatory work for a larger painting. It is currently held at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The sketch depicts three figures seated around a table with a central loaf of bread, conveying a sense of interaction and emotional intensity. The scene is likely a representation of the biblical episode known as The Supper at Emmaus.
Technique & Style
The artist employed rapid, expressive strokes and dark lines to capture the drama and emotion of the scene. The use of rough, suggestive lines creates a sense of urgency and movement, while also building texture through a technique related to cross-hatching.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
