VERONESE, Paolo
(b. 1528, Verona, d. 1588, Venezia)

The Marriage at Cana

1563
Oil on canvas, 666 x 990 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This immense canvas was executed for the refectory of the convent of San Giorgio Maggiore at Venice. It was removed in 1799 and taken to the Louvre. The picture portrays a sumptuous imaginary palace with about a hundred and thirty guests, portraits of celebrities of the period, of Veronese himself and of his friends dressed in richly coloured costumes.




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