The Marriage at Cana

Odoardo Fialetti after Jacopo Tintoretto

Associated Names
Odoardo Fialetti

Artist, Italian, 1573 - 1638

Jacopo Tintoretto

Artist After, Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594

This is a drawing of a large banquet scene in an architectural setting. The image portrays numerous individuals seated around a long table, engaged in a gathering. It takes place in a grand hall with a richly decorated ceiling featuring beams and chandeliers. There are open doorways and arches in the background leading to other areas where additional figures can be seen. Large vessels are prominently positioned at the lower part of the image, with figures engaged in pouring liquids or participating in the event. The setting appears to be an inn or a dining hall, as barrels are seen in another part of the building. The intricate details of the clothing and the architecture suggest a Renaissance or Baroque influence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 36.3 × 44.1 cm (14 5/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.35.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 2


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2019

  • Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Wikidata ID

Q65575922

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