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The Wedding at Cana

Painting of a lively wedding reception with a man in red kneeling in front of a table. The wedding party is dressed in pale pink clothes and seated.
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  • Painting of a lively wedding reception with a man in red kneeling in front of a table. The wedding party is dressed in pale pink clothes and seated.

Date:

c. 1686

Artist:

Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Italian, 1665-1747

About this artwork

Giuseppe Maria Crespi filled this depiction of the wedding feast where Jesus performed his first miracle with luxurious accessories and smaller interactions between characters within the larger narrative. On the left, Jesus converses with his mother; on the right, the wedding’s astonished host and his servant taste the water Jesus has miraculously turned into wine. The painting brings together the Venetian tradition of color and grandeur with the close observation of figures characteristic of the artist’s native Bologna.

Status

On View, Gallery 215

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Title

The Wedding at Cana

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1681–1691

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

188 × 248.4 cm (74 × 97 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Wirt D. Walker Fund

Reference Number

1956.129

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