Curatorial Notes
Giuseppe Maria Crespi filled this depiction of the wedding feast where Jesus performed his first miracle with luxurious accessories and smaller interactions between characters within the larger narrative. On the left, Jesus converses with his mother; on the right, the wedding’s astonished host and his servant taste the water Jesus has miraculously turned into wine. The painting brings together the Venetian tradition of color and grandeur with the close observation of figures characteristic of the artist’s native Bologna.
Artwork Identification
Title The Wedding at Cana
Title (PT) As Bodas de Caná
Title (ES) Las Bodas de Caná
Artist Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Artist Bio Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665–1747)
Date c. 1686
Work Type Painting
Location & Collection
Institution Art Institute of Chicago
Source View Museum Page
License Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
