The risen Christ, beardless and unrecognised, blesses bread at an inn table, and in that instant two disciples know him: one flings his arms wide, the other pushes back his chair to rise. The innkeeper, standing, notices nothing. Painted in Rome for Ciriaco Mattei, it sets the miracle among ordinary things, hard-lit against a dark wall.
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The fruit basket is perched on the very edge of the table, as if about to fall into our space. Its shadow has been read as a fish, an early symbol of Christ.
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