Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Purchase of Miss Helen Clay Frick
2016.1.23
Christ Appears to Two Apostles on the Way to Emmaus
circa 1911 – 1948 (Date created)
Pigment
Fresco
Paintings
22 in L
x
25 in W
(Image)
Russian;Italian
Painted after Duccio di Buoninsegna's Christ Appears to Two Apostles on the Way to Emmaus (1308-1311).
Nicholas Lochoff (d. 1948)/ after/ Duccio di Buoninsegna (Sienese, 1255?-1319)/ CHRIST APPEARS TO TWO APOSTLES ON THE WAY TO EMMAUS/ Original (1308-11) in the Cathedral Museum, Siena Tempera on wood panel/ The original was among thirty-eight scenes depicting the lives of the Virgin and Christ that Duccio painted in the back of the large Maesta of the high altar of the Siena Cathedral. This scene, from Luke 12:14ff, depicts Christ's meeting his disciples on the road to Emmaus; one of his appearances after he was resurrected. Here, Christ, dressed as a pilgrim, appears just as the apostles speak of his crucifixion and appearance to Mary Magdalene, the scene in Duccio's Noli Me Tangere, also reproduced in one of Lochoff's copies. The apostles do not recognize Christ, but invite the stranger to join them. Christ reveals himself later that evening, when he breaks bread with them at supper.
These two panels were among the thirty-eight scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ that Duccio painted for the back of the large Madonna in Majesty, completed in 1311. This large "Maesta" was painted for the high altar of the Cathedral of Siena, and the commission for the narrative panels was given to him before the front was completed. The altarpiece remained in its intended place until 1506 when alterations to the Cathedral caused its removal. It was later separated and installed at the end of each transept. A number of the narrative panels from the back became detached in the late eighteenth century and are now widely scattered. One of the most impressive in the "Temptation of Christ" in the Frick Collection in New York. (Walter Read Hovey. "The Nicholas Lochoff Cloister of the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building". University of Pittsburgh, Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1965. Text in reference to the original works by Duccio).
These two panels were among the thirty-eight scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ that Duccio painted for the back of the large Madonna in Majesty, completed in 1311. This large "Maesta" was painted for the high altar of the Cathedral of Siena, and the commission for the narrative panels was given to him before the front was completed. The altarpiece remained in its intended place until 1506 when alterations to the Cathedral caused its removal. It was later separated and installed at the end of each transept. A number of the narrative panels from the back became detached in the late eighteenth century and are now widely scattered. One of the most impressive in the "Temptation of Christ" in the Frick Collection in New York. (Walter Read Hovey. "The Nicholas Lochoff Cloister of the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building". University of Pittsburgh, Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1965. Text in reference to the original works by Duccio).
In Collection
Purchased by Miss Helen Clay Frick for the University of Pittsburgh (1959-present)
Boris Lochoff (until 1959);By 1917 Lochoff had only finished and sent back to his home country 8 of these paintings. That same year there was a revolution in Russia. Lochoff was therefore stranded in Italy and cut off from the support previously provided by the Moscow Museum of Art. He was forced to sell the remaining paintings to other buyers. These buyers included Harvard University, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, and the Frick Art Reference Library in New York. After Lochoff's death, Helen Clay Frick, the woman who started the Fine Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh and donated the Frick Fine Arts building to the University, acquired this collection with the help of critic and connoisseur, Bernard Berenson. She then donated it to the University of Pittsburgh to adorn the walls of this cloister.
Boris Lochoff (until 1959);By 1917 Lochoff had only finished and sent back to his home country 8 of these paintings. That same year there was a revolution in Russia. Lochoff was therefore stranded in Italy and cut off from the support previously provided by the Moscow Museum of Art. He was forced to sell the remaining paintings to other buyers. These buyers included Harvard University, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, and the Frick Art Reference Library in New York. After Lochoff's death, Helen Clay Frick, the woman who started the Fine Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh and donated the Frick Fine Arts building to the University, acquired this collection with the help of critic and connoisseur, Bernard Berenson. She then donated it to the University of Pittsburgh to adorn the walls of this cloister.
Mary Logan Berenson, "A Reconstructor of Old Masterpieces", The American Magazine of Art. (November 1930), pp. 628-638.
Zoa Grace Hawley, "New Life for Old Masters", The Christian Science Monitor, Weekly Magazine section. (October 31, 1934), pp. 8-9; ill. p. 8.
Zoe Grace Hawley, "New Life for Old Masters: Nicholas Lochoff - captures aura of antiquity in exact copies of Italy's fading treasures". (1934)
Edgar Peters Bowron, "European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum". Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge, MA. (1990). pp. 131, not repr.
"[Unidentified article]". Fogg Art Museum Notes. Fogg Art Museum. Cambridge, MA. (February 12, 1921). p.6, repro. b/w.
"A Copy of Gozzoli's Masterpiece". The Harvard Crimson. Cambridge, MA. (February 12, 1921). p.6, repro. b/w.
Mary Logan Berenson. "Preserving the Old Masters by Copying", Transcript (December 31, 1930). p.5, reproduced b/w.
Mary Logan Berenson. "A Reconstructor of Old Masterpieces", The American Magazine of Art. (November 1930). pp. 628-638.
Royal Cortissoz. "Their Appeal to Lovers of our True Tradition". New York Herald Tribune. New York, NY. (March 15, 1931). p.8
Maurice Grosser. "Painter's Progress". C.N. Potter. New York, NY. (1971). Reproduced. p.32, fig. 10.
Edgar Peters Bowron. "European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum". Harvard University Art Museums. Cambridge, MA. (1990). p.110.
Bill Homisak. "Fabulous Renaissance fakes at Frick offer faux fun". Tribune-Review. (August 27, 1989).
Jonathon Keats. "Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age". Oxford University Press. (2013).
Zoa Grace Hawley, "New Life for Old Masters", The Christian Science Monitor, Weekly Magazine section. (October 31, 1934), pp. 8-9; ill. p. 8.
Zoe Grace Hawley, "New Life for Old Masters: Nicholas Lochoff - captures aura of antiquity in exact copies of Italy's fading treasures". (1934)
Edgar Peters Bowron, "European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum". Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge, MA. (1990). pp. 131, not repr.
"[Unidentified article]". Fogg Art Museum Notes. Fogg Art Museum. Cambridge, MA. (February 12, 1921). p.6, repro. b/w.
"A Copy of Gozzoli's Masterpiece". The Harvard Crimson. Cambridge, MA. (February 12, 1921). p.6, repro. b/w.
Mary Logan Berenson. "Preserving the Old Masters by Copying", Transcript (December 31, 1930). p.5, reproduced b/w.
Mary Logan Berenson. "A Reconstructor of Old Masterpieces", The American Magazine of Art. (November 1930). pp. 628-638.
Royal Cortissoz. "Their Appeal to Lovers of our True Tradition". New York Herald Tribune. New York, NY. (March 15, 1931). p.8
Maurice Grosser. "Painter's Progress". C.N. Potter. New York, NY. (1971). Reproduced. p.32, fig. 10.
Edgar Peters Bowron. "European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum". Harvard University Art Museums. Cambridge, MA. (1990). p.110.
Bill Homisak. "Fabulous Renaissance fakes at Frick offer faux fun". Tribune-Review. (August 27, 1989).
Jonathon Keats. "Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age". Oxford University Press. (2013).
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Italians
Renaissance
Cloisters
Architectural decorations and ornaments
Siena
Renaissance
Cloisters
Architectural decorations and ornaments
Siena