This is a painting of three men standing closely together on a brown dirt path between two bodies of water. The men are walking towards us, looking at one another. The central figure has long hair, a mustache, and a beard, and is wearing a pink robe. To his left, a man with short brown hair wears a brown robe with a blue cloak, a cane at his side. To the right, a man with curly brown hair and a beard wears a brown cap and a light brown robe with a blue cloak. All three men have light skin and are barefoot. The path they walk on is lined by a dilapidated wooden fence, and behind them are tall…
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Christ on the Road to Emmaus

American 18th Century

c. 1725/1730

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 64.2 x 77.1 cm (25 1/4 x 30 3/8 in.) ; framed: 75.5 x 88.9 x 4.4 cm (29 3/4 x 35 x 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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