The Marriage of the Virgin
1850
oil
From the collection of Detroit Institute of Arts
This painting shows a group of people in old-fashioned clothing gathered around a man and a woman. The man is wearing a long, brown robe, and the woman is wearing a long, red dress. They are standing in front of a building with a dome on top. The people around them are all looking at the couple. Some of them are holding objects, like a book or a baby. The background of the painting is a gray sky with some buildings and hills in the distance. The painting is done in a style that makes the people and objects look very realistic. It is painted with oil paint on a canvas. You can see more paintings like this at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
