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| Keywords: Gaetano Gandolfi - The Marriage at Cana - Walters 371919.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748527 Creator Gaetano Gandolfi This scene depicts the first miracle of Christ related in the Gospel of John At a wedding after all the wine had been drunk Jesus ordered six jars to be filled with water which he then turned into wine Here Jesus points to the jars while his mother gazes reverently at him Gandolfi introduces a variety of figures including both an oriental man wearing a turban and an African servant and anecdotal details the fighting animals resulting in a liveliness of pictorial expression comparable to Tiepolo This work was the modello preparatory version for an enormous canvas painted for the eating hall in the convent of San Salvatore in Bologna and now in the National Museum there Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 442 553 1766 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface H to arched top 33 15/16 x W 44 1/8 in 86 2 x 112 cm <br>Stretcher cm 89 112 accession number 37 1919 29388 The Counts Grassi Bologna date and mode of acquisition unknown Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 95 1897 catalogue no 410 as G B Tiepolo Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Bella Pittura The Art of the Gandolfi Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock; National Gallery of Canada Ottawa 1993 Tiepolo Unveiled The Restoration of a Masterpiece The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Gaetano Gandolfi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
