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John Baptist Jackson

The Marriage at Cana

Maker

John Baptist Jackson (British, 1701-ca. 1780), designer
Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528-1588), painter

Title

The Marriage at Cana
Titiani Vecelii, Paul Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti et Jacobi de Ponte; Opera Selection a Joanne Baptista Jackson, Angelo, Ligano Coelata et Coloribus Adumbrata

Year

1740

Medium

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut on two sheets from five blocks in light tan,
  • dark tan,
  • light brown,
  • brown,
  • and dark brown

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut on two sheets from five blocks in light tan,
  • dark tan,
  • light brown,
  • brown,
  • and dark brown

Materials

chiaroscuro woodcut

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 58.1 x 42.1 cm (22 7/8 x 16 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil in center of right margin: 6In Plate--Inscribed, in LR:J. B. Jackson Delin.Sculp.?&exudit Venitiis 1740; inscribed in LR:Rev mo. Dno. P. LEOPOLDO CAPELLO/Coenobii D: GEORGII/Ord: S: Benedict:/ABBATI/meritissimo./J:B: Jackson/D.D.D.

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Collection

Object Number

47.396.7

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

A Matter of Tone
Chiaroscuro Woodblock Prints, 1520-1800
Jul 16, 2004 – Oct 31, 2004

Label copy

Chiaroscuro woodcut on two sheets from five blocks in light tan, dark tan, light brown, brown, and dark brown

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John Baptist Jackson (British, 1701-ca. 1780), designer
Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528-1588), painter
The Marriage at Cana; Titiani Vecelii, Paul Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti et Jacobi de Ponte; Opera Selection a Joanne Baptista Jackson, Angelo, Ligano Coelata et Coloribus Adumbrata, 1740
Chiaroscuro woodcut on two sheets from five blocks in light tan, dark tan, light brown, brown, and dark brown
Plate: 58.1 x 42.1 cm (22 7/8 x 16 9/16 inches)
Museum Collection 47.396.7

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