Manchester Art Gallery

Les Noces de Cana

Paolo Veronese (after), 1528 - 1588



Les Noces de Cana

Paolo Veronese (after) 1528 - 1588

Summary

Painting depicting wedding celebration in classic Greco-Roman setting, open courtyard surrounded by a balustrade, multitude of figures dressed in fine clothes are celebrating, Jesus and his mother are seated with halos at the centre of the table behind a group of musicians, several men butcher an animal in the background.


Object Name

Les Noces de Cana

Creators Name

Paolo Veronese (after)

Date Created

unknown

Dimensions

support: 81.5cm x 104.5cm

accession number

1918.681

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, print
foreign

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)

Credit

Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918

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