Supper at Emmaus (1601)

Also known as Pilgrimage of Our Lord to Emmaus. The painting shows the moment the two men finally realize who has been talking to them all day: their deceased teacher.

The man on the right is generally believed to be Peter because of the pilgrim's shell on his clothes, in which case the man on the left is Cleophas - the only one mentioned in by name in Luke's version.

The painting was commissioned by Ciriaco Mattei, a brother of cardinal Mattei in whose Roman palazzo Caravaggio lived at the time. In 1606, Cravaggio made another version of this painting.

Almost identical copies of this painting and of The Incredulity of Saint Thomas were found in a church in the French Loire town of Loches in 1999. After investigation, it was announced in 2006 that both works were authentic Caravaggios. Both contain the shield of arms of Philippe de Bethune, a friend of Caravaggio's and French ambassador in Rome. Records show that De Bethune acquired four paintings from his friend. Caravaggio often made several copies of his own paintings.