The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Veronese, Turin)
The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee is a c.1565 oil on canvas painting by Veronese, now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin.
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| Artist | Paolo Veronese |
| Year | c.1556 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 314 cm × 451 cm (124 in × 178 in) |
| Location | Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
The work was commissioned by the monks of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Verona for their refectory[1] It was one of a series of monumental "Feasts" for monastery refectories of monasteries in Venice - The Wedding at Cana for San Giorgio Maggiore (now in the Louvre) and another The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (now in Milan) were other works in the series[2]
References
- (in Italian) Federico dal Forno, La Chiesa dei SS. Nazaro e Celso, Verona, Fiorini editore, 1982, pages 24-25
- (in Italian) G. Piovene and R. Marini, L'opera completa del Veronese, Rizzoli, Milano, 1968.
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