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Pilgrims of Emmaus or The Disciples at Emmaus is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner which contributed to Tanner's international fame, securing his reputation as a master painter. He submitted the painting for the 1906 Paris Salon, where it won a silver medal (the highest allowed to a non-French competitor) and was bought by the French government. Further, Tanner was labeled "designated hors concours", a status which meant that his work was to be trusted and his paintings to enter the Paris Salon automatically without committee approval.

Earlier entries of note to the Paris Salon included The Annunciation, The Resurrection of Lazarus and La Sainte-Marie. His earliest accepted entry to the Salon was The Banjo Lesson, which has become one of his most endearing paintings to modern viewers.

Pilgrims of Emmaus was painted over the top of his 1902 entry to the Salon, The Cello Lesson, a secular painting that was harshly criticized by Parisian art critics.

Religious works
The painting was inspired by Tanner's earlier painting The Two Disciples at the Tomb and used similar lighting and one of the same models.