The Supper at Emmaus, 17th century

  • Chalcographie du Louvre, French
  • Antoine Masson, French, 1636-1700
  • Titian, Italian, ca.1488-1576

Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 18 × 23 5/8 inches (45.7 × 60 cm) Sheet: 19 1/2 × 25 1/2 inches (49.5 × 64.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S746

Marked, drystamp, lower left corner of plate: MUSEES NATIONAUX, CALCOGRAPHIE DU LOUVRE (Lugt 1695)

Inscribed, in plate, center bottom edge: Ant. Masson Sculp. Inscribed, left half of bottom margin: Jesus Christ a table avec deux de ses Disciples da le Chasteau d'Emaus | Grave sur le Tableau du Titien qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy; de cings pieds de hault, et de sept pieds et demy de large. Inscribed, right half of bottom margin: Christus recumbens cum duobus Discipulis in Castello Emaus. | Ad tabulam Titiani asseruatam in Pinacotheca regia quinque pedes altam, Septem cum dimidio latam.

November 1886, Leavitt's Sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Antoine Masson; after Titian, The Supper at Emmaus, 17th century, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S746.