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Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601, oil on canvas,
55 x 77 inches, 141 x 196.2 cm (National Gallery, London)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

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Supper at Emmaus

Rome, Italy
1601

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