The Wedding at Cana
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665–1747)
c. 1686
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
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.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 188 × 248.4 cm (74 × 97 3/4 in.)
Museum record · 4 owners · 3 exhibitions
Provenance
- Commissioned by Giovanni Ricci, Bologna, c. 1686; by descent to his nephew, Antonio Marchesini, Bologna, by 1739; by descent to Filippo Marchesini, Strada Maggiore, Bologna, by c. 1765; bought by Dr. Giacomelli, Bologna, c. 1766 (Crespi, 1769).
- Palazzo Sampieri, Bologna, by 1789 until 1830.
- Maurice Marignane, Paris.
- C. Marshall Spink, London by 1956; sold to the Art Institute, 1956.
Exhibitions
- Bologna, Palazzi del Podestà e di Re Enzo, X biennale d’arte antica.
- L’Arte del settecento emilia pittura, l’Accademia Clementina, 1979.
- Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Giuseppe Maria Crespi and the Emergence of Genre Painting in Italy, 1986.
