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Paolo Veronese

Italian painter of the Renaissance (1528-1588) · Italy · Artists · Died at 60

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He painted biblical banquets so crowded and lavish the Inquisition hauled him in to explain why a Last Supper needed jesters, dwarfs, and dogs. Veronese's answer: he filled empty space how he saw fit. The painting still hangs in Venice, retitled.

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1588Died19 April 15881573“We painters use the same license as poets and madmen.”In their wordsUnsourced variant translation: We painters take the same liberties as poets and madmen.

“I paint my pictures with all the considerations which are natural to my intelligence, and according as my intelligence understands them.”In their wordsUnsourced variant translation: I paint my pictures with such judgment as I have and as seems fitting.

“I had not thought that I was doing wrong; I had never taken so many things into consideration.”In their wordsTestimony to the Inquisition, (1573)

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Paolo Veronese - AUTORITRATTO (2) - Museo dell'ErmitagePaolo Veronese - AUTORITRATTO (2) - Museo dell'ErmitageAllegory of the Redemption of the World MET DP860469Allegory of the Redemption of the World MET DP860469Artists; twenty portraits of famous men. Engraving by J.W. C Wellcome V0006812Artists; twenty portraits of famous men. Engraving by J.W. C Wellcome V0006812Bottega del veronese, resurrezione, xvi secBottega del veronese, resurrezione, xvi secBowyer Bible Luke The Last Supper Luke 22 14 after VeroneseBowyer Bible Luke The Last Supper Luke 22 14 after VeroneseBowyer Bible print 3955 Jesus is anointed by Mary Magdalene Luke 7 37-38 after VeroneseBowyer Bible print 3955 Jesus is anointed by Mary Magdalene Luke 7 37-38 after VeroneseBowyer Bible print 5579 Jesus bears his cross John 19 17 after VeroneseBowyer Bible print 5579 Jesus bears his cross John 19 17 after VeroneseBust of Paolo Veronese. Panteon Veneto; Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed ArtiBust of Paolo Veronese. Panteon Veneto; Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti

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  1. We painters use the same license as poets and madmen.

    1573, Unsourced variant translation: We painters take the same liberties as poets and madmen., Own words

  2. I paint my pictures with all the considerations which are natural to my intelligence, and according as my intelligence understands them.

    1573, Unsourced variant translation: I paint my pictures with such judgment as I have and as seems fitting., Own words

  3. I had not thought that I was doing wrong; I had never taken so many things into consideration.

    1573, Testimony to the Inquisition, (1573), Own words

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Paolo Caliari was born in 1528 and took his name from Verona, but Venice claimed him. After an early flirtation with Mannerism he found his stride under Titian's influence: a naturalist handling color like light through stained glass. The Wedding at Cana arrived in 1563, a vast narrative engine of architecture and pageantry. By 1573 The Feast in the House of Levi landed him before the Inquisition for overcrowding a sacred meal with secular theatre; he changed the title but not a figure. He became the city's ceiling master, draping refectories and halls in chromatic brilliance and aristocratic poise. When he died on 19 April 1588, he left the "great trio" of the cinquecento missing its supreme colorist - the one Rubens, Watteau, Tiepolo, Delacroix, and Renoir would most want to learn to mix paint from.

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Italy
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1528 to 1588 · aged 60

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