The Marriage at Cana ~ Gerard David Antique Print

Beautiful folio size antique photogravure print from the picture attributed to Gerard David (click thumbnails above for larger size image).

Printed on heavyweight cream stock. Plate mark present. Reverse side is blank.

It's hard to appreciate the stunning detail and clarity of this print until you see it in person.

A square table is spread in a room with an open colonnade on the left, through which are seen the old palace of the Liberty of Bruges and the Church of St, Donatian, At the left side of the table; His back to the colonnade, Christ sits with His right hand raised in benediction as He looks towards the five large water-pots standing on the tiled pavement in the center foreground. On either side of Him is seated a young woman, the one nearest to us wearing a white apron. At the farther side of the table, with their backs to the wall, are the Virgin, who bends towards Christ, and to the right the bride between two women. At the right side sits the master of the feast between two women. On this side of the table the bridegroom stands carving a fowl, and a young woman is seated on the left. In the center, between these two, stands a man-servant holding another water-pot in one hand and a pewter tankard in the other looking towards Christ. In the foreground to the right a young man is kneeling by the water-pots, holding a silver-gilt beaker in his right hand and its lid in his left. A boy is bringing in a dish through an opening in the colonnade. In the extreme left and right foreground are the kneeling figures of the donor, Jan der Sheelen, with his little boy behind him, and his wife.

Title: The Wedding Feast at Cana

Publication: Great Masters in the Louvre Gallery

Publication Year: 1899-1900

Publisher: D. Appleton & Goupil & Co. (New York & Paris)

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 16¾ x 12½

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 13 x 9¾

Condition: EX. Very clean.