The Feast in the House of Levi

E625224

The Feast in the House of Levi is a monumental 1573 painting by Paolo Veronese, renowned for its grand, theatrical depiction of a biblical banquet that famously led to an Inquisition inquiry over its irreverent details.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
appliesToPart canvas
artStyle Mannerism NERFINISHED
basedOn Gospel of Luke NERFINISHED
Last Supper narrative
catalogCode Gallerie dell’Accademia inventory painting (Venice)
commissionedBy Dominican order NERFINISHED
commissionedFor refectory of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice NERFINISHED
country Italy
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
creator Paolo Veronese NERFINISHED
depicts Christ dining with Levi
Feast in the house of Levi NERFINISHED
banquet scene
contemporary Venetian costumes
servants carrying food and drink
genre history painting
religious painting
hasPart Apostles NERFINISHED
Christ at table NERFINISHED
German soldiers
architectural loggia
columns
dogs
dwarfs
grand staircase
jesters
servants
height 560 cm
inception 1573
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Venice NERFINISHED
location Gallerie dell’Accademia NERFINISHED
materialUsed oil paint
movement Venetian Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableFor architectural perspective
controversial secular details in a sacred subject
crowded multi-figure scene
monumental scale
theatrical composition
orientation landscape
originalLanguageTitle Il convito in casa di Levi NERFINISHED
partOfSeries large refectory banquet paintings by Veronese
previousWorkingTitle The Last Supper NERFINISHED
reasonForInquisitionInquiry alleged irreverence in depiction of the Last Supper
significantEvent Roman Inquisition inquiry
width 1280 cm

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Veronese notableWork The Feast in the House of Levi
Venetian Renaissance hasNotableWork The Feast in the House of Levi
this entity surface form: Feast in the House of Levi