William Faithorne

The Marriage at Cana

"The Marriage at Cana" is an original engraving created by Britain's finest seventeenth century engraver, William Faithorne (1616-1691). Created in 1653, the engraving depicts Christ's earliest miracle, when, at the marriage feast in Cana, he turned water into wine (Jn 2, 1ff).

The caption for this biblical engraving reads, "Et die tertia nuptiae factae sunt in Cana Galilaea: et erat mater Jesu ibi. And ye third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, & ye mother of Jesus was there."

The Marriage at Cana

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William Faithorne (London, 1616 - 1691)
#	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	Publisher
01-	Saint Marke by William Faithorne	Original Line Engraving	Date: 1653 (Second or Third Edition: c. 1670)	Richard Royston, London
02.-	Saint Mathew by William Faithorne	Original Line Engraving	Date: 1653 (Second or Third Edition: c. 1670)	Richard Royston, London
03.-	The Marriage at Cana by William Faithorne	Original Line Engraving	Date: 1653 (Second or Third Edition: c. 1670)	Richard Royston, London

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Title:	The Marriage at Cana
Artist:	Faithorne, William (London, 1616 - 1691)
Date:	Date: 1653 (Second or Third Edition: c. 1670)
Medium:	Original Line Engraving
Publisher:	Richard Royston, London
Note:	William Faithorne: Before Faithorne the most talented artist engravers working in England were imported from the Continent. English engraving and etching had lagged far behind the artistic endeavors of other European countries. William Faithorne's powerfully engraved art would in a single stroke eliminate this imbalance.
	William Faithorne studied painting and engraving in London under Robert Peake. Peake was a staunch supporter of the ill fated King Charles the First and, when Civil War broke out, both Faithorne and his master offered their services to the King. Faithorne was a member of the Royal Garrison and fought at the siege of Basing House (1643-1645). After the surrender he was imprisoned but was released two years later at the insistence of his friends but on the condition that he leave the country. For the following three years, Faithorne lived and worked in Paris where he became acquainted with the greatest of French engravers, Robert Nanteuil. His contact with Nanteuil and Paris's other great masters of portrait engraving enabled him to develop and refine his own techniques.
	In 1650, William Faithorne was granted a reprieve from his exile. He returned to London and began a successful career as both a leading engraver and a printseller. With the exception of a handful of late portraits he retired from his profession around 1680.
	William Faithorne rightly dominates English 17th century engraving. Some of his famous portraits are among the best in the history of the art of engraving. His engraved illustrations for "The Great Exemplar" are among only a handful of works he created outside the genre of portraiture. In 1653, William Faithorne was commissioned to produce ten engravings to illustrate Jeremy Taylor's religious book, The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution. This work went through at least four editions. This impression of "The Marriage at Cana" was printed before the 1692 edition when the title of the work was altered to "Antiquities Christianea", and the publisher's name was changed.
Raisonne:	G. K. Nagler, "Neus allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon", Leipzig, Schwarzenburg & Schumann, Vol. 4, p. 434.
Size:	10 1/4 X 7 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $285.00 US
Condition:	Printed on seventeenth century laid paper and backed onto another sheet of paper by a previous owner. Trimmed to the margins on all sides. Containing a restored tear in the lower text which runs slightly into the image. Apart from several slight stains this is a strongly printed, early impression and in fair condition throughout. "The Marriage at Cana" represents a fine, original example of the famous seventeenth century art of William Faithorne. Note: The British Museum, London, lists an impression of William Faithorne's The Marriage at Cana in its permanent collection. It may be viewed on line under its registration # 1843.0513.168.
Subject:	William Faithorne, "The Marriage at Cana", original engraving, The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution, Christ's earliest miracle, water into wine, seventeenth century art, Britain's finest seventeenth century engraver, Richard Royston.
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