Les Noces de Cana
Paolo Caliari, dit Veronese Italie
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- huile sur toile
- Dimensions
- Hauteur 6,77 m; Largeur 9,94 m
- Department
- Département des Peintures
- 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
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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.
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Crowds Visual · 99%
The composition contains many figures distributed across the foreground banquet, middle balustrade, and surrounding architectural levels.
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Performing Arts Visual · 96%
Several musicians and stringed instruments are prominently depicted in the lower central foreground.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 99%
Figures, tables, vessels, animals, architectural elements, and costume details densely occupy nearly the entire picture surface.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 98%
The image gives sustained visual attention to costumes, ornaments, vessels, architectural carving, table settings, and individual gestures.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 96%
Saturated reds, blues, greens, pinks, and golds contrast with pale stone architecture and the blue sky.
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Emphasis on Linear Perspective Visual · 94%
The tiled floor, balustrade, colonnades, and receding architectural structures establish strong spatial recession lines.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Both · 99%
The image visibly presents a painted composition, and the catalog classifies the work as an oil painting on canvas.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly records the medium as huile sur toile, or oil on canvas.
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Large-Scale Painting Metadata · 100%
The catalog records monumental dimensions of 6.77 by 9.94 meters.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog dates the work to the 16th century, 1500–1600.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 99%
The artist display identifies Paolo Caliari, dit Veronese, as Italian.
Source & rights
Paolo Veronese. photo Shonagon 2024-04-05