Reproductie van een prent van de bruiloft te Kana naar Paolo Veronese by Anonymous

Reproductie van een prent van de bruiloft te Kana naar Paolo Veronese before 1875

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print, engraving

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ink paper printed

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print

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italian-renaissance

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engraving

Dimensions: height 96 mm, width 190 mm

Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain

This is an anonymous reproduction of a print of the Wedding at Cana after Paolo Veronese. Although the artist is unknown, the artwork references Veronese's famous painting, which depicts the biblical story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding feast. In Veronese’s original painting, the lavishness of the scene spoke to the wealth and pageantry of 16th-century Venice. Here, this anonymous print captures the essence of communal celebration through a markedly different lens. It prompts questions about identity and representation. How does the absence of a known author shape our understanding of the artwork? What stories might be obscured or highlighted when authorship is removed? Perhaps this piece, in its anonymity, invites us to reflect on the collective nature of cultural memory. It encourages us to consider how narratives are reproduced, reinterpreted, and passed down through generations, often losing their specific origins in the process.

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