Les Noces de Cana

Les Noces de Cana

Paolo Caliari, dit Veronese Italie

Details

Dimensions
Hauteur 6,77 m; Largeur 9,94 m
Holding institution
Musée du Louvre
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures

Art Genome Taxonomy

12 tags

Subject Matter

  • Bible Story Both · 97%

    The title identifies the biblical Wedding at Cana, and the image depicts a crowded ceremonial banquet with a centrally positioned religious figure and attendants.

  • Crowds Visual · 99%

    The composition contains many figures distributed across the foreground banquet, middle balustrade, and surrounding architectural levels.

  • Performing Arts Visual · 96%

    Several musicians and stringed instruments are prominently depicted in the lower central foreground.

Visual Qualities

  • Dense Composition Visual · 99%

    Figures, tables, vessels, animals, architectural elements, and costume details densely occupy nearly the entire picture surface.

  • Highly Detailed Visual · 98%

    The image gives sustained visual attention to costumes, ornaments, vessels, architectural carving, table settings, and individual gestures.

  • Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 96%

    Saturated reds, blues, greens, pinks, and golds contrast with pale stone architecture and the blue sky.

  • The tiled floor, balustrade, colonnades, and receding architectural structures establish strong spatial recession lines.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Both · 99%

    The image visibly presents a painted composition, and the catalog classifies the work as an oil painting on canvas.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The catalog explicitly records the medium as huile sur toile, or oil on canvas.

  • Large-Scale Painting Metadata · 100%

    The catalog records monumental dimensions of 6.77 by 9.94 meters.

Time Periods

  • 16th Century Art Metadata · 100%

    The catalog dates the work to the 16th century, 1500–1600.

Geographic Regions

  • Italian Art Metadata · 99%

    The artist display identifies Paolo Caliari, dit Veronese, as Italian.

Source & rights

Paolo Veronese. photo Shonagon 2024-04-05