Paolo Veronese

1528–1588 · Republic of Venice · High Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, Mannerism

Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese, was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573). Wikipedia

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Huge, sumptuous feasts and allegories in silvery light, rich Venetian costumes, architecture and crowds.

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“The Wedding at Cana”, 1562 — Louvre
“The Feast in the House of Levi”, 1573 — Gallerie dell'Accademia
“Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto”, 1571 — Gallerie dell'Accademia
“Venus and Mars”, 1570s — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Allegory of Virtue and Vice”, 1565 — Frick Collection
“Allegory of Wisdom and Strength”, 1565 — Frick Collection
“The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine”, 1575 — Gallerie dell'Accademia
“Judith with the Head of Holofernes”, 1580 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish”, 1580 — Galleria Borghese
“Venus and Adonis”, 1580 — Museo del Prado
“The Family of Darius Before Alexander”, 1565 — National Gallery
“Raising the Young Man of Nain”, 1560s — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Adoration of the Magi”, 1570s — Hermitage Museum
“Lucretia”, 1580–1583 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Portrait of a Venetian Woman, called La Belle Nani”, 1560 — Louvre
“The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee”, 1570 — Pinacoteca di Brera
“Bathsheba at Her Bath”, 1575 — Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
“The Conversion of Mary Magdalene”, 1548 — National Gallery
“Christ Among the Doctors”, 1560 — Museo del Prado
“Supper at Emmaus”, 1559 — Louvre
“The Martyrdom of St George”, 1564 — San Giorgio in Braida
“The Finding of Moses”, 1580 — Museo del Prado
“Lament over the Dead Christ”, 1548–1549 — Castelvecchio Museum
“Saint John the Baptist Preaching”, 1562 — Galleria Borghese
“The Annunciation”, 1578 — Gallerie dell'Accademia
“Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog”, 1580s — National Galleries of Scotland
“Madonna Enthroned with Child, St John the Baptist, St Louis of Toulouse and Donors”, 1548 — Castelvecchio Museum
“Cephalus and Procris”, 1584 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
“Adoration of the Magi”, 1573 — National Gallery
“Triumph of Venice”, 1585 — Doge's Palace
“The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Veronese, Turin)”, 1555–1566 — Galleria Sabauda
“Susannah and the Elders”, 1580s — Palazzo Bianco
“Portrait of a gentleman in a fur”, 1558 — Palazzo Pitti
“Temptation of St Anthony”, 1552 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
“The Vision of St. Helena”, 1580 — Vatican Museums
“Jupiter Hurling Thunderbolts at the Vices”, 1553 — Louvre
“The Martyrdom of Saint Justina”, 1555 — Uffizi Gallery
“Annunciation”, 1556 — Uffizi Gallery
“Christ and the Centurion”, 1571 — Museo del Prado
“Adoration of the Magi”, 1571 — Dresden State Art Collections

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