This was one of forty-seven panels representing the lives of Christ and the Virgin that were made for Isabella of Castile. It represents the marriage feast at Cana, when Christ performed his first miracle turning water into wine. Traditionally, the bride and groom are identified as Saint John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalen. Here the two quite possibly are disguised portraits of Prince Juan, and Isabella’s daughter-in-law, Margaret of Austria, who married in 1497. Looking in from the courtyard at the left may be the portrait of a court functionary or possibly a self-portrait of the artist.  On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in  Gallery 602

Readings for the
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time