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The Marriage in Cana

Woodcut
1740 (made), 1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Marriage in Cana; From the picture by Paolo Veronese, formerly in St. George’s Church, Venice; Chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper; Inscribed, 'J. B. Jackson, delin. sculp. et excudit. Venetiis, 1740'; On two sheets.
One of a set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745, entitled 'Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata'.

Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • The Marriage in Cana
  • Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata (series title)
Materials and techniques
chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper
Brief description
The Marriage in Cana; From the picture by Paolo Veronese; Chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper; On two sheets; By John Baptist Jackson; English School; 1740; One of a set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745.
Physical description
The Marriage in Cana; From the picture by Paolo Veronese, formerly in St. George’s Church, Venice; Chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper; Inscribed, 'J. B. Jackson, delin. sculp. et excudit. Venetiis, 1740'; On two sheets.
One of a set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745, entitled 'Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.8cm
  • Width: 28.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'J. B. Jackson, delin. sculp. et excudit. Venetiis, 1740' (Inscribed.)
Gallery label
(August 2019)
If parts of this image appear three-dimensional, it is because the artist used embossing. An inventive printmaker, Jackson designed his own roller press to achieve more printing pressure. To make his chiaroscuro woodcuts, he built up images without outlines using shapes from four blocks, achieving as many as ten tones.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
One of set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745, entitled 'Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata'.
Production
From the picture of Paolo Veronese, formerly in St. George's Church, Venice.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.2680

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Record createdApril 13, 2010
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