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Christ in the house of Emaus

Maker

(artist)
1555/1559-1604 (Life dates)

(engraver)
1555/1559-1604 (Life dates)

Title

Christ in the house of Emaus

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2842

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: above the image, upper margin, black ink: “EODEM DIE APPARET IESVS DVOBVS DISCIPVULIS EVNTIBVS AMAVNTA. // 141 // Marc. xvi. Luc. xxiij. Cxv”; within the image, lower right, black ink: “Anton Wierx Sculp.”; below the image, lower margin, black ink: “A. Pergunt Hierosolymis Emaunta cleophas, // & Amaon. // B. Appropinquat IESVS colloquentibus. // C. Committem se illis adiungit; tenetur oculi // eorum, ne cum agnoscant; varie verbis // suis illos permovet IESVS se longius ire simulat. // D. Persuadent illi, vt cum ipsis maneat. // E. Emmaus in tribu Beniamin sexaginta sta: // dijs ab Hierusalem, quo vehmenter // rogant, vt secum diurtat. // f. Domus Cleophae, quo deductus est IESVS. // G. Ibi recumbens cum illis, consecratum // & fractum panem porrigens, ab // oculis eorum evanescit. // H. Repleti dono et agnitione coelesti IESVM // agnoscunt, & quae ab eo in itinere // adviverant plenius intelligent. // I. Redeunt e vestigio Hierosolymam. // K. Reperium congregatos undecim, narrant // que gesserat Christus; audiunt eum // Simoni apparuisse.”

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