The Marriage at Cana (가나의 혼례)

 

 

 

(요 2:8)

이제는 떠서 연회장에게 갖다 주라 하시매 갖다 주었더니

 

 

 

 

 

Quentin Varin 1570 – 1634

The Marriage at Cana

oil on canvas (310 × 259 cm) — 1618-20 Musée des beaux-arts, Rennes

 

This work is linked to John 2:8

 

The august buildings suggest that the celebration takes place in a palace. Jesus and Mary are seated facing each other. Jesus watches as the wine is being poured and points to the head waiter.

The miracle of the Wedding at Cana occurred when the hosts ran out of wine. Jesus had the empty jars filled with water, and had a servant bring a cup to the head waiter. When the head waiter tasted from the cup, he exclaimed that the best wine was served last.

 

 

 

 

 

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen 1500 – 1559

Marriage at Cana

oil on panel (66 × 84 cm) — c. 1530 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen biography

 

This work is linked to John 2:8

 

Jesus and his mother attend a wedding party in the village of Cana. The host runs out of wine. Jesus tells the servants to fill the bottles with water, and then changes the water into wine. This was Jesus' first public miracle.

The bottles are outside the picture. The reactions of the other people at the table indicate that something miraculous just happened.

Vermeyen composed an intimate painting, skillfully applying light where needed. Please note the date: 1530, many years before Caravaggio, the master of chiaroscuro, was born.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588

Marriage at Cana

oil on canvas (677 × 994 cm) — 1563 Musée du Louvre, Paris

Paolo Veronese biography

 

This work is linked to John 2:8

A wedding is celebrated in a courtyard surrounded by Dorian and Corinthian columns. The setting looks more like Veronese's 16th century Venice than like a city in Palestine. According to the gospel of John this is where Jesus performed the first of his seven miracles: he changed water into wine when the host ran out of supply.

Jesus is in the middle, next to his mother Mary. The two figures at the end of the table to the left are probably the bride and the groom. on the balustrade in the background meat is being cut. If is lamb's meat, it could be a reference to the "Lamb of God", the name John the Baptist used for Jesus.

In the foreground sits a group of musicians. Some think that the man in the white gown is Veronese and that the man in red is Titian. Standing between them is an hourglass, symbol of vanity. A dog - symbol of loyalty - lies chewing on a bone.

To the right a man pours wine from a water jug. The two men behind him wonder at the water that has become wine.

Veronese painted this huge canvas commissioned by the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. It would hang there in the refectory for more than two centuries, until Napoleon robbed it and took it to Paris.

The work is one of the main attractions in the Louvre: it is in the same room as Mona Lisa. During a restoration in 1992 it was damaged twice. First by dripping water, and later when one of the supports gave way. Fortunately the holes could be repaired by stitching the canvas back together.