![Caravaggio - Supper at Emmaus [1606]](http://c1.staticflickr.com/1/691/31264219400_73cacbd258_b.jpg)
The painting inevitably invites comparison with the National Gallery version of the same subject: the expansive theatrical gestures have become understated and natural, the shadows are darkened, and the colours muted although still saturated. The effect is to emphasise presence more than drama. Some details, the ear of the disciple on the right, the right hand of the innkeeper's wife, remain badly drawn, but there is a fluidity in the handling of the paint which was to increase in Caravaggio's post-Roman work as his brushwork became increasingly calligraphic.
[Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan - Oil on canvas, 141 x 175 cm]