The Wedding at Cana
painting by Paolo Veronese
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Summary
The Wedding at Cana is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,478 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Paolo Veronese[3]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Owned by: French State[6]
- Movement: Mannerism[7], Venetian school[8]
- Genre: religious art[9]
- Based on: Marriage at Cana[10]
- Depicts: Marriage at Cana[11], banquet[12], Jesus Christ[13], man[14], dog[15], domestic worker[16], crock[17], table[18], musician[19], viol[20], violin[21], architecture[22], palace[23], column[24]
- Made from material: oil paint[25], canvas[26]
- Collection: Department of Paintings of the Louvre[27]
- Inventory number: INV 142[28], MR 384[29]
- Location: Salle des États, Louvre[30]
- Commons category: Marriage at Cana (Paulo Veronese)[31]
- Country of origin: Republic of Venice[32]
- Inception: 1562[33]
- Significant event: looting[34]
- Main subject: Marriage at Cana[35]
- Described at URL: https://www.analisidellopera.it/paolo-veronese-nozze-di-cana/[36]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 73C611[37], 42D25[38]
- Described by source: Veronese[39]
- Title: Les Noces de Cana[40]
- Height: 677 cm[41]
- Width: 994 cm[42]
- Derivative work: The Marriage at Cana[43]
Why It Matters
The Wedding at Cana has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]