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The Marriage at Cana

Publisher: Rossi, Giovanni JacomoPrintmaker: Vanni, Giovanni Battista · 1599-1660Artist: Leahy, Edward Daniel · 1797-1875Primary artist: Veronese, Paulo Caliari · 1528-1588Frame maker: Dott, Aitken · 1815-1892

The Marriage at Cana

Copy of the painting in the Louvre after Paolo Veronese. The title of the original painting is 'The Wedding Feast at Cana' and is dated to 1562 -…

Copy of the painting in the Louvre after Paolo Veronese. The title of the original painting is 'The Wedding Feast at Cana' and is dated to 1562 - 1563. It was originally painted for the refectory of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.

vide vouchers 1860, bundle 2 of 3 (65) invoice from Aitken Dott, 16 South St David St; 1858, Dec 31 Two Lawrence pattern gilt frames 17 1/4 x 11 1/8 for pictures by Andrew Wilson 21/- each £2.2/0; 1859, February 14 Richly ornate gilt frame bolted at corners for Group Ariadne at Naxos £9.9/-; To lining Portrait of Rev John Thomson and furnishing ornate gilt frame for do ".12/6d; To a frame for Portrait of R Cooper £1.12/-; To a frame for study by Etty after Veronese £2.2/-; To one do for picture Marriage at caana £2.2/-; To richly ornamented gilt frame for Portrait of C Stanfield Esq £3.13/-; [1859] March 21, To a frame for picture of the Disobedient Prophet and fitting do £1. 17/-; Slip for inside of frame Professor Wilson 8/6d; To richly ornate gilt frame fro picture of Venus with plate glass £12.12/-; To cash paid for silk curtains, [?]rod[?] and fastenings £3.12/6d"

Vanni's etching of 1637 appears to be pasted to the canvas secondary support and underlies Leahy's oil painting which has been painted directly ontop of the print

Rossi was the publisher, on 1637-12-23, of Vanni's etching which appears to lie ontop of the secondary canvas support and thus provides the primary support for Leahy' s painting

Copy of the painting in the Louvre after Veronese.