Identification title(s): meal at emmaus. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-48. 919. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 1-1(4). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: the two disciples from the story of the disciples at emmaus in an interior, illuminated by candlelight, at a table with a piece of bread on it. They look in horror at a third empty chair, from which christ has suddenly disappeared after breaking bread for them. After this act, the disciples recognized the previously unknown traveling companion as christ and he suddenly disappeared before their eyes. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: arnold houbraken, after a drawing by: rembrandt van rijn. Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1670 - 1719. Physical features: etching; proof and brush in brown. Material: paper technique: etching / brush. Dimensions: top: h 186 mm (cut to sheet edge) × w 142 mm. Subject: what: christ vanishes ~ supper at emmaus. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1670 and 1719.
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