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Hospitality

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  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.
  • Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.
  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Etching by R. Delaunay after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.
  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Feast scene representing hospitality; alluding to Abraham and the three angels. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Boer War: soldiers in packed train carriages receive tea from women and children at Gillitts station. Halftone by C.H., 1900, after H. Paget after M. Ellis.
  • Abraham gives food to his three strange guests. Stipple engraving by G.S Facius and J.G. Facius, 1781, after B.E. Murillo.
  • The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
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    Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869. | Reference: 23556i
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    Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.

    Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608. | Date: c. 1600 | Reference: 22692i
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    The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.

    | Reference: 23312i
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    Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet at supper. Etching by B. Picart after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

    Tintoretto, 1518-1594. | Reference: 22631i
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    The risen Christ, dressed as a pilgrim, shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 23314i
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