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.
The Feast in the House of Levi by Paolo Veronese
Saints Peter and John flank Christ, with Judas the uneasy figure in red
Detail of child
Detail of Jester with a parrot on his arm and an Apostle picking his teeth with a fork
Counter-Reformation
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The Counter-Reformation, also sometimes called the Catholic Revival or the Catholic Reformation, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to and as an alternative to, or fr
The Feast in the House of Levi
…Supper. By painting The Feast in the House of Levi in this manner, Veronese had gone against the Council of Trent, which had been created as part of the Counter-Reformation. The decrees of the Council of Trent included (at the very last minute) brief and vague rules for religious artworks, which were then codified and…
Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto Gallerie Accademia
Last Judgement
Confutatio Augustana (left) and Confessio Augustana (right) being presented to Charles V
A session of the Council of Trent, from an engraving