Shedding light on reunited Caravaggio paintings in Belfast | National Gallery

In a first for Belfast, Caravaggio's ‘The Supper at Emmaus’ has been reunited with ‘The Taking of Christ’ as part of our 'National Treasures' programme. Both paintings were painted for the same patron, Ciriaco Mattei, and originally displayed in the same family palace in Rome.

Curator Anne Stewart explains how the exhibition at Ulster Museum uses natural light to bring out the intensity of Caravaggio's works. We also hear from visitors on the impact of seeing these two paintings reunited for one of the only times since the first quarter of the 17th century.

'The Supper at Emmaus' is on loan to Ulster Museum, Belfast, in 2024.

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