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The Wedding at Cana
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In this night scene – a novelty in painting at the time – Vermeyen succeeded in creating a dramatic effect. Candlelight plays over the faces and casts dark shadows. For the flames, Vermeyen used gold leaf. He was well ahead of his time: only around 1600 did the nocturn as a genre become more widely known through the Italian artist Caravaggio.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe bruiloft in Kana. c. 1530 - c. 1532. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
