# Wedding at Cana [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PRETI, Mattia]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 203 x 226 cm ## Commentary The painter Mattia Preti, who was based in Naples from 1653, became acquainted with Veronese's works in Venice and Modena. His high regard for them can be clearly discerned, especially in his own feast and banqueting scenes. This painting in London was very probably commissioned by Caspar de Roomer, the hugely wealthy Flemish merchant who lived in Naples, and for whom Preti painted a lavish, crowded scene on a loggia in imitation of Veronese. ## Related artworks - [A Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ]() - [Absalom's Feast]() - [Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Fleeing Troy]() - [Beheading of St. Catherine]() - [Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery]() - [Christ in Glory]() - [Concert \(detail\)]() - [Concert]() - [David Playing the Harp before Saul]() - [Decollation of St John \(detail\)]() - [Erminia, Princess of Antioch]() - [Painting in the choir: Crucifixion of St Andrew]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()