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The Supper at Emmaus is completed around 1601 as a London National Gallery Caravaggio for the Ciriaco Mattei circle

Later National Gallery acquisition is carrier, not the painting act. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Patrons share the commission file. Later National Gallery acquisition is carrier, not the painting act.

Context

Contarelli and Cerasi chapel works neighbour this Roman peak.

Caravaggio’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Mattei patronage in Rome; second Emmaus versions exist later and are other instruments.

Why it matters

A completed sacred narrative painting is an edu path for visual scripture learning.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Caravaggio

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Named painter of the Mattei Emmaus. Patrons share the commission.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.National Gallery — Michelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioThe National Gallery, London · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — CaravaggioEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

National Gallery and Britannica date the London Supper at Emmaus to about 1601 for the Mattei circle.

National Gallery artist page and Britannica independently date the ~1601 Supper at Emmaus.

Established: ~1601 Emmaus in the gallery/encyclopedia file. Not established: day precision.

Caravaggio did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCaravaggio
  2. contributed toFactThe Supper at Emmaus is completed around 1601 as a London National Gallery Caravaggio for the Ciriaco Mattei circle
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). The Supper at Emmaus is completed around 1601 as a London National Gallery Caravaggio for the Ciriaco Mattei circle. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cv-supper-emmaus-1601

https://factrail.ai/facts/cv-supper-emmaus-1601

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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