A stunning painting on display in the Louvre Museum, Paris....................K.J.S.Chatrath
I came across this stunning painting in the Louvre, when I visited it last about two years back.
This painting is entitled ‘The Piligrims at Emmaus’. It is an oil painting done on canvas around 1559 by Paolo Caliari (Dit Veronese) born at Veron 1528, died Venice 1588.
Based on the Bible, after his resurrection, Christ is
recognised by two disciples when he blesses the bread during a meal at Emmaus. The
painting portrays a Venetian patrician family (from the ruling class), together
with servants and dogs, is present at the supper at Emmaus.
By closely combining the sacred and the profane, Veronese intended to emphasize Christ’s humanity and bring the divine into everyday life.
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