# The Marriage at Cana

- Date: c. 1530 - c. 1532
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 66.5 cm x width 85 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4820--a9c70d5ad88d3ab49630a44168906608)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/crXuY/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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In this night scene – a novelty in painting at the time – Vermeyen succeeded in creating a dramatic effect. Candlelight plays over the faces and casts dark shadows. For the flames, Vermeyen used gold leaf. He was well ahead of his time: only around 1600 did the nocturn as a genre become more widely known through the Italian artist Caravaggio.