18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus" Circa 1700 Mid-Century Modern National Gallery of Armenia

National Gallery of Armenia

circa 1850

the monkey humorously sits with his begging plate outstretched to the boy's mother

113 cm X 75 cm

18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus" Circa 1700 Mid-Century Modern National Gallery of ArmeniaAn important 18th century Italian Old Master tempera on copper panel Baroque painting, "The Road to Emmaus", circa 1700. The painting represents the early resurrection biblical story of Christ on the Road to Emmaus, when the disciple Cleopas (the brother of Saint Joseph) and one other unnamed disciple meets Jesus. This occurs on the day of the resurrection, the disciples had heard that Christ's tomb was found empty, when they encounter a stranger on