21-Duccio-Emmaus

Nicholas Lochoff (d. 1947) after

Duccio Buoninsegna (Sienese, 1255? 1319)
CHRIST APPEARS TO TWO APOSTLES ON THE WAY TO EMMAUS

original (1308-11) in the Cathedral Museum, Siena Tempera on wood panel

The original was among thirty-eight scenes depicting the lives of the Virgin and Christ that Duccio painted for the back of the large Maesta of the high altar of the Siena Cathedral. This scene, from Luke 24:14ff, depicts Christ’s meeting his disciples on the road to Emmaus, one of his appearances after he was resurrected, Here Christ, dressed as a pilgrim, appears just as the apostles speak of his crucifixion on and appearance to Mary Magdalene, the scene in Duccio's Noli Me Tangere ,also reproduced In one of Lochoff's copies. The apostles do not recognize Christ, but invite the stranger to join them. Christ reveals himself later that evening, when he breaks bread with them at supper. See also Fra Angelico's version of this scene, which hangs on the other side of the cloister