European Banquet Scene (or The Marriage Feast at Cana?)

Colors in this work

Artist: Mughal
Date: Mughal period, c. 1600
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 18.5 × 14.2 cm (7 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.); Outermost Border: 42.5 × 29.2 cm (16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Paper: 42.5 × 29.2 cm (16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
Origin: India
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B59665 · 37%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #D1B17F · 15%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #DAC9A9 · 15%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #445B73 · 8%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #866E51 · 6%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B1A288 · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BD7E63 · 4%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #F6E9CB · 4%

Shell Cameo · Pink family · #BC746C · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #4D503C · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A7A196 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #627475 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #858EA4 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #9AA993 · <1%

Coral Miniature · Pink family · #D56D66 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A3B0C1 · <1%

Cobalt Enamel · Blue family · #276BB8 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #282938 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection

12 tags

Parties and Celebrations Both · 98%

The catalog title identifies a European Banquet Scene, and the image visibly depicts a communal banquet or dining gathering.
Food Visual · 98%

Platters, dishes, cups, and other provisions are visibly arranged on and around the central table.
Interiors Visual · 98%

The figures and banquet are situated within a constructed architectural environment with arcades, columns, terraces, draperies, and furnishings.
Animals Visual · 98%

Several dogs or similar animals are clearly depicted in the lower foreground of the central scene.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

The page contains extensive repeated floral, foliate, scrolling, and border ornament surrounding the central image.

Painting Both · 99%

The work is cataloged as a painting, and the image visibly presents a detailed painted narrative scene.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies opaque watercolor as part of the medium.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The catalog identifies paper as the support, and the image visibly shows a painted image on a large paper page.

16th Century Art Metadata · 83%

The catalog dates the work to 1595–1605, placing it partly in the sixteenth century.

Indian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives India as the place of origin and displays India with the Mughal artist designation.

Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 99%

The catalog lists the style as Islamic (culture or style).

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76810

Original image ↗ 2,080 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed