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Source Description
This scene depicts the first miracle of Christ, related in the Gospel of John in the Christian New Testament. At a wedding, after all the wine had been drunk, Jesus ordered six jars to be filled with water, which he then turned into wine. Here, Jesus points to the jars while his mother gazes reverently at him.Gandolfi has introduced great variety among the wedding guests both through their attributes and animated movements, complemented by engaging details such as the dogs who care nothing for the significance of the moment. The result is a liveliness of pictorial expression comparable to that of Tiepolo’s Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva (WAM 37.657).This painting was the modello (preparatory version) for an enormous canvas, destined for the dining hall in the convent of San Salvatore in Bologna and is now in that city’s National Gallery.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
29388
label
The Marriage at Cana
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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29388
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Marriage at Cana
description
This scene depicts the first miracle of Christ, related in the Gospel of John in the Christian New Testament. At a wedding, after all the wine had been drunk, Jesus ordered six jars to be filled with water, which he then turned into wine. Here, Jesus points to the jars while his mother gazes reverently at him.Gandolfi has introduced great variety among the wedding guests both through their attributes and animated movements, complemented by engaging details such as the dogs who care nothing for the significance of the moment. The result is a liveliness of pictorial expression comparable to that of Tiepolo’s Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva (WAM 37.657).This painting was the modello (preparatory version) for an enormous canvas, destined for the dining hall in the convent of San Salvatore in Bologna and is now in that city’s National Gallery.
provenance
The Counts Grassi, Bologna [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 95; 1897 catalogue: no. 410, as G. B. Tiepolo]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1766 (Late Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
86.2
height
112
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H to arched top: 33 15/16 x W: 44 1/8 in. (86.2 x 112 cm); Stretcher H: 35 1/16 x W: 44 1/8 in. (89 x 112 cm)
Source extras
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Italian
med
oil on canvas
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6202
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BAR
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2335
3057
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1
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0
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photo
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