Christ at the Marriage at Cana / Giovanni Battista Vanni / After Paolo Veronese

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Accession Number: 2012/2.214
Title: Christ at the Marriage at Cana
Artist: Giovanni Battista Vanni
Artist Nationality: Italian
Artist Life Dates: (1599 - 1660)
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on heavy laid paper
Object Creation Date: 1637
Credit Line: Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
Dimensions: 53.98 cm x 67.31 cm (21 1/4 in. x 26 1/2 in.)
Physical Description: This etching depicts a vast and lively gathering of figures around a large banquet table in the foreground accompanied by other crowds of figures throughout the composition. The scene takes place in an outdoor setting surrounded by classical architecture that recedes perspectivally in the distance.
Subject Matter: Christ at the wedding feast at Cana.
Primary Keywords: christian art and symbolism; feasts; marriage
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; celebrations; events; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; social science concepts; social structure; sociological concepts
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3006 x 2437
File Size: 980 KB
Record: 2012/2.214
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.214/2012_2_214.jpg

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Full citation: "Christ at the Marriage at Cana; Giovanni Battista Vanni; After Paolo Veronese." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.214/2012_2_214.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.