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[1] As an allegory, the job of this painting is to convey a moral message, that of the superiority of virtue over vice. The genre of allegory contrasts with Veronese's well-known tableaus of historical and biblical scenes, such as the Marriage at Cana as well as with the less formal works of other Renaissance Venetian painters like Giorgione or ...
The Allegory of Virtue and Vice and Wisdom and Strength have traveled together since their creation, through many prestigious owners and collections. Because of this, many scholars assumed that Veronese painted them as a pair. In 1970, Edgar Munhall was the first scholar to suggest that they were simply made at the same time, not as pendants. [2]
Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese (/ ˌ v ɛr ə ˈ n eɪ z eɪ,-z i / VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -zee, US also /-eɪ s i /-see; Italian: [ˈpaːolo veroˈneːze,-eːse]), 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).
Veronese repeatedly repainted his work. X-ray study described by Alan Burroughs in his book Art Criticism from a Laboratory showed that the arrangement of Venus's body was different and was probably covered with drapery pulling downwards. The innocent cherub was not in the original version. [2] It is not clear why Veronese made these changes.
Allegory of Justice; The Allegory of Love (Veronese) Allegory of Music; Allegory of Patience (Vasari) Allegory of Prudence; Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto; Allegory of the Element Earth; An Allegory of the Old and New Testaments; An Allegory of Truth and Time; Allegory of Vice (Correggio) Allegory of Virtue (Correggio) Allegory of Virtue and ...
From Veronese's mature phase, 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 for Santi Nazaro e Celso (now in Turin) were earlier works in the series. [2]
The Feast in the House of Levi or Christ in the House of Levi is a 1573 oil painting by Italian painter Paolo Veronese and one of the largest canvases of the 16th century, measuring 555 cm × 1,309 cm (18.21 ft × 42.95 ft). [1]
Paolo Veronese was known for his depictions of luxurious settings and love of decorating the most holy and sacred of scenes with people clad in shimmering fur-lined gowns made of silks and brocades, more reminiscent of Venetian high society than humble representations of the subjects.