The wedding

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1950

Height:

45.7 cm  (18 in.)

Width:

32.4 cm  (12 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

As part of a wedding scene with the bride and groom under the chuppa, many guests can be seen, and five musicians are represented playing a straight end-blown wind instrument, a drum, and violins

Iconclass

12A731
'kiddushin', Jewish wedding

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]
Violin [3573]
Bass drum [2506]
Wind instruments [3730]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5688