Adelaide Ironside
(Australia 17 Nov 1831–15 Apr 1867)
The marriage at Cana of Galilee
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The first Australian-born artist to study in Europe, Adelaide Ironside aspired to history painting, the highest category of art in her day. 'The marriage at Cana of Galilee 1861' – the most important painting of her career – portrays Christ’s first public miracle, the transformation of water into wine during the marriage feast at Cana in Galilee.
Painted in Rome, 'The marriage' was exhibited at the Colonial Court of the 1862 International Exhibition in London. It was returned to Sydney after the artist’s premature death, and was owned for many years by the all-male St Paul’s College, University of Sydney.
- Place of origin
-
Rome,
Italy
- Year
- 1861
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 106.1 x 147.7 board; 117.0 x 158.6 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Warden and Fellows of St Paul's College, University of Sydney 1992
- Accession number
- 74.1992
