The Feast in the House of Levi, Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese·The Feast in the House of Levi·1573·Oil on canvas·Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice↓

Paolo Veronese Italian, 1528 – 1588

The Feast in the House of Levi, 1573

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Christ sits at the centre of a vast banquet framed by three Roman arches, surrounded by servants, soldiers, dwarfs and dogs. Painted as a Last Supper for the refectory of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, it brought Paolo Veronese before the Inquisition in 1573 for its irreverent extras. Rather than repaint it, he changed the subject to Levi's feast.

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The new subject is written on the stair balustrades, citing Luke, chapter 5. Nearby are the man with a nosebleed and the drunken German soldiers the inquisitors objected to.

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