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,,whistler ,,gerome ,,rubens ,,veronese ,,boucher ,,van ,,eyck ,,mantegna ,,in ,,preparation ,,fromentin ,,perugino 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,i4--,,jupiter ,,destroying ,,the ,,vices 7,in the ,muse du ,louvre7 ,this large composition shows a method rarely employed by ,veronese4 ,the great imaginative artist here tried his hand at the more vigorous school of painting1 and with complete success4 ,it is especially admired for certain remarkable effects of foreshortening4 ,this picture1 painted for the ,ducal ,palace1 served as a ceiling decoration in ,louis ,x,i,vth's chamber at ,versailles1 until it was finally transferred to the ,louvre4 ,,veronese by ,,fran,,ois ,,crastre ,translated from the ,french by ,frederic ,taber ,cooper ,with ,eight ,facsimile ,reproductions in ,colour ,illustration3 ,,in ,,sempiternum4 ,frederick ,a4 ,stokes ,company ,new ,york--,publishers ,copyright1 #aiab1 by ,frederick ,a4 ,stokes ,company ,august1 #aiab ,the,plimpton,press ,w,d,o ,norwood,mass,u,s,a ,,contents ,page ,introduction #aa ,the ,first ,years #af ,the ,sojourn in ,venice #bg ,the ,wedding at ,cana #ch ,veronese and the ,inquisition #dg ,the ,journey to ,rome #eb ,the ,return to ,venice #ec ,the ,decoration of the ,ducal ,palace #eg ,the ,last ,years #fe ,,list ,,of ,,illustrations ,plate ,i4 ,jupiter ,destroying the ,vices ,frontispiece ,in the ,muse du ,louvre ,,ii4 ,the ,disciples at ,emmaus #ad ,in the ,muse du ,louvre ,,iii4 ,the ,holy ,family #bd ,in the ,muse du ,louvre ,,iv4 ,the ,wedding at ,cana #cd ,in the ,muse du ,louvre ,v4 ,the ,family of ,darius #dj ,in the ,national ,gallery1 ,london ,,vi4 ,calvary #ej ,in the ,muse du ,louvre ,,vii4 ,the ,marriage of ,st4 ,catherine #fj ,in the ,accademia delle ,belle ,arti1 ,venice ,,viii4 ,the ,vision of ,st4 ,helena #gj ,in the ,national ,gallery1 ,london ,illustration ,,introduction ,it has been said of ,veronese that he was the most absurd and the most adorable of the great painters4 ,paradoxical as it sounds1 this judgment is perfectly true4 ,absurd1 ,veronese undoubtedly was1 in his disdain of logic and common sense1 in his complete indifference to historic truth and school traditions1 and in his anachronistic habit of garbing antiquity in modern raiment4 ,i paint my pictures1 he said1 without taking these matters into consideration1 and ,i allow myself the same license which is granted to poets and to fools4 ,and it is precisely his riotous fantasy1 his nave self-confidence1 his own peculiar way of understanding mythology and religion that have made him the adorable artist whose glory has been consecrated by the centuries4 ,thanks to the rare power of his genius1 the most audacious improbabilities vanish beneath the magic adornments with which he covers them1 and it hardly occurs to one to notice his glaring historical errors or the superficialities of his pictorial conceptions in the continual delight inspired by the sense of concentrated life in his characters1 the splendour of his colouring1 the caressing charm of his draperies1 the brilliance of his skies1 and the impression of youth and of joy that radiates from his work4 ,veronese was neither a thinker nor an historian1 nor a moralist2 he was quite simply a painter1 but he was a very great one4 ,if his preference is for the joyous scenes of life1 that is because life treated him indulgently from his earliest years2 if he delights in giving to his pictures a sumptuous setting1 in which silk1 brocades and precious vases abound1 it is because he acquired a taste for these things in that matchless ,venice of the sixteenth century1 marvellous treasury of sun-bathed1 gaily bedecked palaces1 wherein all the opulence of the ,east had been brought together4 ,what these paintings of ,veronese reproduce for us are the thick1 rich carpets of ,smyrna1 newly unladen from ,musselman feluccas1 monkeys imported from tropic islands1 greyhounds brought from ,asia1 and negro pages purchased on the ,riva dei ,schiavoni1 the ,quay of the ,slaves1 to bear the trains of the patrician beauties of ,venice4 ,but1 above all1 one finds in them ,venice herself1 ,venice the ,glorious1 queen of the sea1 ,venice sated with gold and lavish of it1 sowing her lagunes broadcast with palaces1 and the robes of her women with diamonds4 ,more truly than ,titian or ,tintoretto1 ,veronese is the chosen painter of the ,most ,serene ,republic4 ,he not only decorated the ceilings of her palaces and the walls of her churches3 but he took the city of his adoption as the setting for all his compositions2 it is at ,venice that the ,feast at the ,house of ,simon the ,pharisee1 the ,feast at the ,house of ,levi take place2 it is in ,venetian surroundings that ,jesus presides over the ,wedding ,feast at ,cana4 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,,ii4--,,the ,,disciples ,,at ,,emmaus 7,in the ,muse du ,louvre7 ,this biblical scene1 as treated by ,veronese1 in no wise resembles the same subject as treated by the ,primitives or by ,rembrandt4 ,the ,venetian ,master does not trouble himself about tradition2 for him1 this ,feast is simply an opportunity for a beautiful picture1 brilliant in colour1 and embellished with rich accessories and architectural drawing4 ,one can understand how the painters of the ,venetian school1 nurtured in the dazzling and joyous light of the sea-born city1 transferred to their palette that vibrant colour with which their artist eyes were filled2 nor is it surprising that ,veronese1 passionately enamoured of ,venice1 achieved1 through his wish to glorify her1 that magnificence of colour and of expression which remains his distinctive mark4 ,,the ,,first ,,years ,nevertheless1 ,veronese was not a native of ,venice but of ,verona1 as is indicated by the surname that was bestowed upon him during his life and that has adhered to him ever since4 ,his rightful name was ,paolo ,caliari4 ,he was born at ,verona in #aebh and not in #aecj1 as is asserted by several of his biographers1 notably by ,carlo ,ridolfi4 ,the correct date is now verified by the discovery1 in ,san ,samuele of ,venice1 ,veronese's parish church1 of the register of deaths wherein the decease of the great painter is entered as having occurred the #aith of ,april1 #aehh1 the very day when he completed his sixtieth year4 ,paolo ,caliari belonged to a family of artists4 ,his father1 ,gabriele ,caliari1 was a sculptor and enjoyed some little reputation in his own city4 ,veronese's uncle1 ,antonio ,badile1 was a painter1 and in such pictures as are known to be his we find evidence not only of a good deal of ability1 but of a certain facile grace that justifies the high esteem in which his compatriots held him4 ,veronese's father1 being of a logical turn of mind1 wished1 since he himself was a sculptor1 to make a sculptor of his son4 ,veronese learned to model statuettes in clay1 and1 aided by his precocious intelligence1 he acquired a real dexterity in this art1 quite remarkable in one so young4 ,but this was not his vocation4 ,frequent visits to the studio of his uncle ,badile had awakened in him an enthusiasm for painting4 ,he applied himself to learn to paint with so much zeal and imagination that his father made no attempt to check his inclination1 but entrusted him to ,badile4 ,the latter was ,veronese's real teacher1 though not the only one1 for young ,paolino also attended the studio of another ,veronese painter1 ,giovanni ,carotto4 ,from the outset1 ,veronese applied himself energetically to perfecting his skill in line drawing4 ,the future genial painter of wondrous fantasy yielded himself without a murmur to the rude but salutary exigencies of technique4 ,strange caprice on the part of an artist who was destined to show so much dexterity in execution and lavishness in decoration1 his tastes turned towards the most severe and least imaginative of masters1 ,albert ,durer and ,lucas ,van ,leyden4 ,it was through copying the engravings of these illustrious masters that he learned how to draw4 ,such lessons always bear their fruit4 ,in this laborious apprenticeship1 ,veronese acquired that steadiness of hand1 that firmness of line that was later to be noted even in his most exuberant paintings1 despite the enormous quantity of canvases that he produced in the course of his life4 ,even his earliest attempts reveal his abundant and facile genius2 and these first1 and one might almost say immature1 works already foreshadow the great artist4 ,the affectionate patronage of his uncle ,badile greatly facilitated his dbut4 ,at an age when young folk have not usually begun to form dreams of the future1 young ,caliari had already forced himself upon the attention of ,verona1 and the ,chapter of the ,church of ,san ,bernardino commissioned him to paint a ,madonna4 ,he acquitted himself well of this task4 ,the work proved satisfactory1 other orders followed1 and the name of the young artist swiftly spread beyond the confines of his native city4 ,a short time later1 the cardinal ,ercole di ,gonzaga decided to decorate the cathedral at ,mantua1 recently rebuilt by ,giulio ,romano4 ,he sent a summons to ,caliari1 as well as to three other ,veronese painters who enjoyed a big reputation3 ,battista del ,moro1 ,paolo ,farinato degli ,uberti1 and ,brusasorci1 who was regarded as the ,titian of ,verona4 ,the cardinal instituted a sort of rivalry between these four artists1 and gave them orders for four pictures1 destined to be competitive4 ,the subject entrusted to ,paolo ,caliari was a representation of the ,temptations of ,st4 ,anthony4 ,the young painter applied himself resolutely to the task4 ,far from intimidating him1 the redoubtable competition of his three elders served only to excite his ardour and stimulate his imagination4 ,he painted the saintly anchorite defending himself against the blows which the ,devil is dealing him with a stick and repulsing the advances of a woman who has been raised up from hell itself to tempt him4 ,the cardinal1 delighted with this picture1 gave preference to ,veronese over his three competitors4 ,veronese lost no time in returning to ,verona1 but1 however flattering the esteem with which his compatriots surrounded him might be1 he was not long in finding that the limited scope afforded by his native city was too narrow for his activity4 ,he had a boyhood friend1 ,battista ,zelotti1 a painter like himself1 and also like himself tormented by dreams of glory4 ,together they quitted ,verona and betook themselves to ,tiene1 in the duchy of ,vicenza4 ,here they had the good luck to meet a man of discrimination1 in the person of the paymaster-general ,portesco1 who entrusted them with the decoration of his palace4 ,the two friends apportioned the work between them2 while ,zelotti1 who had studied at ,venice under ,titian1 undertook the fresco painting1 ,veronese decorated the intervening panels in grisaille1 or gray monochrome4 ,the result of this friendly collaboration was a complete series of paintings1 of great diversity3 hunting scenes1 banquets1 dances and numerous subjects borrowed from mythology or from history1 the ,loves of ,venus and ,vulcan1 the ,heroism of ,mucius ,scaevola1 the ,festival of ,cleopatra1 and a remarkable ,sophonisba4 ,this work in common was not without profit to ,veronese4 ,zelotti's manner closely resembled his own2 they both show the same qualities of colouring and composition1 and the same broad and facile touch4 ,they collaborated once again on fresco work in the home of a certain ,eni1 in the village of ,fanzolo1 in the neighbourhood of ,trevise4 ,after this they separated1 ,zelotti going to ,vicenza1 whither he had been summoned1 while ,caliari betook himself to ,venice1 the ,promised ,land towards which he was impelled by his ardent desire for glory4 ,when he arrived in the ,most ,serene ,republic1 ,caliari was not yet twenty-five years old4 ,we have no reliable document regarding these first years of his residence there1 nor even of the impressions produced upon him by the opulent and magnificent city4 ,but these impressions are easy to conceive4 ,to anyone so sensitive as he to externals1 ,venice must have seemed enchanted ground4 ,how could he have failed to be dazzled1 in acquainting himself with that gorgeous city1 enthroned upon the ,adriatic1 like a pearl in a casket of velvet8 ,with what joyous eagerness his colour-enraptured eye must have rested upon those white marble palaces1 moulded and filagreed in arabesque1 those churches paved with precious mosaics1 those quays swarming ceaselessly with a picturesque and motley crowd of ,armenians1 ,greeks and ,moors1 spreading the sun-bathed pavements with a glittering display of spangled ornaments1 turquoise-inlaid cutlery1 and multicoloured fabrics4 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,,iii4--,,the ,,holy ,,family 7,in the ,muse du ,louvre7 ,in this work1 one of the most beautiful in the ,salon ,carr1 ,veronese has grouped his figures in a charming manner4 ,following his customary formula1 he has clothed them in the ,venetian style1 but the faces of the ,virgin and the ,child are remarkable for their tenderness4 ,it is a matter of regret that time has faded the colours of this magnificent painting4 ,if the models that passed in endless procession before his eyes impressed him as magnificent opportunities1 the sight of what other painters had already wrought from this material aroused his artist soul to keen enthusiasm4 ,the whole constellation of the great ,venetians had converted the city of the ,doges into an incomparable museum3 ,giorgione1 with his melancholy compositions1 full of vague dreams2 ,carpaccio1 with his nave and picturesque reproductions of ,venetian life4 ,among the living1 ,sansovino1 simultaneously architect and artist1 who built marvellous palaces and adorned them with graceful frescoes2 ,tintoretto1 sombre genius whose creative power largely redeemed the somewhat obscure tints of his palette2 and above them all1 ,titian1 the great ,titian1 who at that time was already eighty years of age1 yet still manipulated his brush with the firm hand of youth4 ,all these masters ,veronese admired indiscriminately1 as was fitting in a young painter who had never known other models than those of his own small city4 ,he ran the danger of acquiring mannerisms and becoming an imitator4 ,by a special grace accorded to genius alone1 ,veronese succeeded in remaining himself and borrowing nothing either from his predecessors or his contemporaries4 ,from his contemplation of the works of the others he gained only a nobler passion for his art2 and he altered nothing in the personal vision which he already formed of men and of things4 ,vigorous1 blessed with good health1 jovial by nature1 and much enamoured of the bright and sparkling side of life1 ,veronese fashioned his paintings in the image of his own temperament4 ,his work was always an exaltation of the joy of living1 an apology for those agreeable externals that render existence pleasant and easy2 fine dwellings1 flowers1 copious repasts1 women luxuriously apparelled1 precious fabrics1 horses and dogs of fine breed4 ,if he wished to paint a ,last ,supper1 it mattered little to him that legend and history agree regarding the simplicity and the humble station of ,jesus and his disciples3 ,history and tradition did not count with him4 ,a repast1 whatever it would be1 he could not conceive of1 unless around a sumptuous table1 covered with costly vessels1 served by attendants in picturesque costumes and enlivened by the antics of buffoons or the harmonies of music4 ,it was thus that he painted ,christ1 it was after this original conception that he worked out his immortal compositions4 ,accordingly no one could justly appraise ,veronese1 without first setting aside1 as he did1 all those historic data which he voluntarily ignored4 ,,the ,,sojourn ,,in ,,venice ,there are few painters of whose private life so little is known as of that of ,veronese4 ,the contemporary documents have disappeared and scarcely anything more remains than a few of his letters2 and even those are silent as to his day-by-day existence4 ,all that it is possible to know--and to this his paintings abundantly bear witness--is that he was possessed of an agreeable humour1 and a pleasing personality2--worthy gentleman1 somewhat quick of temper and permitting no slight to be put upon his dignity1 still less upon his honour4 ,he was neither a sycophant nor a courtier1 accepting commissions but never soliciting them4 ,his disinterestedness1 writes ,charles ,yriarte1 has remained celebrated2 during one entire period of his life1 the greater part of the contracts which he signed with communities and with convents stipulate barely the value of his time as a remuneration for his work4 ,this was before the time when painters were expected to furnish their colours and their canvases1 but demanded only the price of their toil4 ,later on1 having become1 if not rich--that he never was1--at least celebrated and independent1 he acquired a taste for personal luxury2 he delighted in brilliant fabrics and wore them with ostentation2 he loved horses1 dogs1 and hunting2 he frequented high society1 and brought to it that ,italian open-heartedness which makes the company of the illustrious a relaxation and a pleasure rather than an embarrassment or an effort4 ,he won valuable friendships and was able to retain them until his death4 ,of these friendships1 the most efficacious was that of the ,prior of the convent of ,san ,sebastiano1 ,bernardo ,torlioni1 a ,veronese by birth1 to whom he had brought letters of introduction4 ,no sooner had young ,caliari arrived in ,venice at the beginning of #aeee1 than he presented himself to his venerable compatriot1 who promptly took a fancy to him1 and bestirred himself to serve him4 ,thanks to ,torlioni1 ,paolo obtained an order for five pictures1 including one large composition1 the ,coronation of the ,virgin and four dependent panels4 ,these paintings were destined to adorn the sacristy of the church of ,san ,sebastiano1 of which ,bernardo ,torlioni was prior4 ,when the work was done1 the ,chapter expressed itself as so well pleased that it entrusted him with the decoration of the church itself1 including the ceiling4 ,it was here that ,veronese painted his admirable series of episodes from the ,history of ,esther and ,ahasuerus4 ,the success of this series was so great that the edifice was placed unconditionally in his hands1 and he was free to follow his fantasy unhampered4 ,following a method which was habitual with him1 he enhanced the effect of the large panels painted in fresco1 by means of smaller intervening scenes in chiaroscuro4 ,here also one finds him indulging his hobby for architectural painting1 such as always occupies a large place in his pictures2 all around the church he painted truncated columns1 ornamented with arabesques and foliage1 with a richness and a pomp that were already an inseparable feature of his style4 ,in the works of ,veronese1 the accessories always play a highly important part2 and it is not difficult to understand the reason4 ,his main object being to delight the eye1 he attributed considerable space to vases1 furniture1 armour1 fruits1 flowers1 graceful draperies1 brilliant costumes1 mettlesome horses1 and more especially dogs1 with which it was his special whim to embellish his paintings4 ,the dog was his favourite animal1 and even at that epoch its presence was to be noted in every picture4 ,when the church1 completely decorated1 was opened to the public1 there was general rejoicing2 ,veronese received the unanimous vote of approval1 from the populace as well as from the artists4 ,from that day forth1 the ability of the young painter was openly acknowledged1 and his fortune assured4 ,furthermore1 he had arrived in ,venice at a propitious hour4 ,it was the moment when the ,most ,serene ,republic1 victorious over the seas and surfeited with wealth1 attained the zenith of her glory4 ,in her opulence ,venice chose to employ her treasures in self-adornment2 palaces arose on all sides1 the ,ducal ,palace itself was redecorated2 ,sansovino was just completing the new ,government offices4 ,the wealthy brotherhoods and equally wealthy parishes were seeking out every painter of repute to decorate their churches and their convents4 ,accordingly1 ,veronese had arrived at the crucial moment to satisfy the demands of art4 ,his rivals were negligible3 ,salviati1 ,battista ,franco1 ,lo ,schiavone1 ,zelotti1 ,orazio ,vocelli the son of ,titian1 could none of them hold their own against him4 ,bordone was at the court of ,francis ,i4 ,tintoretto alone1 at the height of his powers1 could counterbalance ,veronese's glory4 ,as to the aged ,titian1 he was no longer producing pictures with his old-time fertility2 furthermore1 he had already divined the genius of ,veronese and conceived a friendship for him4 ,and so1 throughout thirty-three years1 from #aeee to #aehh1 the masterpieces that were born beneath ,veronese's fingers succeeded one another without interruption4 ,the walls of his adopted city became overspread with his luminous canvases1 eloquent of the joyousness of ,italy1 resplendent with the triumphant beauty of ,venice4 ,shortly after the decoration of ,san ,sebastiano was completed1 ,daniele ,barbaro1 ,patriarch of ,aquileia and wealthy patrician of ,venice1 had a splendid residence built him at ,masiera by ,palladio1 a celebrated architect of the period4 ,being a man of artistic taste1 he wished to embellish it with paintings and statues worthy of its imposing architecture4 ,for the sculpture he summoned ,alessandro ,vittoria2 the paintings were entrusted to ,paolo ,veronese4 ,the patriarch ,barbaro was one of his friends1 and accordingly allowed him a free hand1 and even left the choice of subjects to him4 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,,iv4--,,the ,,wedding ,,at ,,cana 7,in the ,muse du ,louvre7 ,this immense composition is the most celebrated work by ,veronese4 ,it is considered as one of the masterpieces of all painting4 ,the greater number of the guests at this feast are portraits of illustrious characters of the sixteenth century1 and the artist has included himself1 along with ,tintoretto and ,titian1 in the group of musicians in the foreground4 ,veronese1 who was a prodigiously fertile artist1 left not a single space in ,barbaro's house unoccupied with colour4 ,wherever space would not permit of large compositions1 he painted trophies1 garlands1 flowers1 even statues1 possessing all the lustre and relief of marble4 ,elsewhere he sketched in architectural fantasies1 simulating colonnades and porticoes1 opening upon landscapes borrowed from the realm of dreams2 he conceived imaginary doors1 before which fictitious lacqueys appeared to be standing4 ,the principal subjects treated by ,veronese at ,masiera include ,nobility1 ,honour1 ,magnificence1 ,vice1 ,virtue1 ,flora1 ,pomona1 ,ceres and ,bacchus2 then in the ceiling of the cupola he gathered together all the gods of ,olympus1 grouped around ,jupiter4 ,the decorations in the palace at ,masiera further augmented ,veronese's fame4 ,he was now acknowledged to be the foremost painter of ,venice1 next to ,titian4 ,barbaro had been so delighted with his talents that he determined to do him a service4 ,standing well at court1 he recommended him to the ,signoria4 ,as a result of this1 the latter entrusted him with the task of redecorating the halls and chambers of the ,doge's ,palace1 in conjunction with ,tintoretto and ,orazio ,titian4 ,which of the three artists proved superior it is impossible to decide to-day1 because a fire1 occurring in #aegf1 destroyed their paintings along with the palace4 ,but public opinion of that period gave the palm to ,veronese4 ,it seems as though this verdict must have been justified1 in view of the esteem in which his name was held4 ,shortly afterwards1 ,sansovino having completed the construction of the library1 the procurators instructed the architect to arrange with ,titian as to a choice of painters to decorate it in competition4 ,veronese was immediately designated1 together with ,zelotti1 ,batista ,franco1 ,giuseppe ,salviati1 ,lo ,schiavene and ,il ,fratina1 who were to divide the twenty-one ceiling panels between them4 ,three round compartments fell to the lot of ,veronese1 who filled them with figures representing ,music1 ,geometry with ,arithmetic1 and ,honour4 ,under ,veronese's brush these cold abstractions took on the most charming forms2 they were represented by graceful women1 each surrounded by the attributes of the science which she symbolized4 ,a recompense was promised by the procurators to the artist whose paintings should be adjudged most beautiful4 ,titian was enthusiastic over those of ,veronese4 ,loyal and noble artist that he was1 he himself solicited the votes of the painters who had taken part in the competition1 and thus ,veronese was declared winner by the voice of his own competitors4 ,the senate offered him a golden chain which he delighted to wear on solemn occasions4 ,these great official works did not diminish the number of his productions for churches1 convents1 or private persons of wealth4 ,no other artist affords an example of similar fecundity4 ,and what verges upon prodigy is that he never employed collaborators1 as so many other celebrated painters have done2 the only one that he is known to have had is his brother ,benedetto ,caliari1 whose artistic aid was limited to painting in the prospective of the vast architectural designs with which it pleased ,veronese to embellish all his canvases4 ,the epoch of his most fertile production was between #aefb and #aefe2 it was also the period in which he executed his largest and most celebrated paintings1 notably his famous canvas of the ,wedding at ,cana1 his ,feast at the ,house of the ,pharisee1 his ,feast at the ,house of the ,leper1 and his ,feast at the ,house of ,simon4 ,these four pictures are known under the name of the four ,feasts4 ,two of them belong to ,france and hang in the museum of the ,louvre1 in the room known by the name of the ,salon ,carr2 these are the ,feast at the ,house of ,simon the ,pharisee and the ,wedding at ,cana4 ,,the ,,wedding ,,at ,,cana ,veronese has treated this subject twice4 ,accordingly the picture in the ,louvre must not be confounded with that of the same name in the ,brera museum at ,milan4 ,in spite of the value of the latter1 it bears no comparison to the gigantic canvas in the national museum of ,france4 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,v4--,,the ,,family ,,of ,,darius 7,in the ,national ,gallery1 ,london7 ,this picturesque painting is one of the most curious of all ,veronese's works4 ,it was painted in return for the hospitality which he received from the ,pisani family1 and all the figures in it are portraits of members of the household4 ,another point worthy of note is the anachronism of the warriors clad in ,roman armour standing before the kneeling women1 who are dressed in the manner of the sixteenth century4 ,this picture of the ,wedding at ,cana was painted by ,veronese for the refectory of the convent of ,san ,giorgio ,maggiore1 on the island that faces the ,riva dei ,schiavoni4 ,it remained there until the time of ,napoleon's ,italian ,campaign4 ,bonaparte1 who loved the arts without understanding them1 laid profane hands on the great majority of ,italian masterpieces4 ,this painting by ,veronese was one of the number1 and found a place in the ,louvre4 ,the treaty of #ahae obliged ,france to restore these treasures1 but the ,austrian commissioners1 appointed to accomplish the restitution1 became alarmed at the difficulties of transportation which the ,wedding at ,cana presented4 ,they accordingly consented to exchange this canvas for a painting by ,le ,brun1 ,the ,feast at the ,house of the ,pharisee4 ,veronese's masterpiece remained in the ,louvre1 in which it is one of the most flawless gems4 ,the contract drawn up between ,veronese and the ,prior of ,san ,giorgio ,maggiore for the execution of this picture has been preserved4 ,the painter bound himself to deliver it within a year1 since the contract was signed ,june #f1 #aefb and the delivery of the canvas took place of ,september #h1 #aefc4 ,he was to be furnished with canvas and colours1 to be entitled to take his meals at the convent and receive a cask of wine as additional recompense4 ,as to remuneration for his work1 it was fixed by mutual agreement at #cbd ducats1 which1 in the #afth century1 corresponded to #igb francs in the coin of ,france4 ,taking into consideration the enhanced value of money since that epoch1 these #igb francs would represent to-day #g1jjj francs4 ,such is the price which the greatest artist of his time received for a masterpiece which to-day commands the admiration of the entire world4 ,never did ,veronese display so much brilliance1 dispense so much imagination as in the ,wedding at ,cana2 never did he show a greater dexterity in execution2 for1 however considerable the dimensions of the canvas may be1 it demanded nothing less than genius to distribute without clash or disproportion the hundred and thirty-two personages which compose it4 ,a painter less thoroughly sure of himself would have made a sorry mess of this ,feast2 ,veronese has produced a composition that is admirable for its balance1 in abounding charming details1 and unexpected and picturesque episodes1 that do not in the least detract from the effect of the painting as a whole4 ,on this picture1 as on so many others from the brush of ,veronese1 one cannot1 as has already been said1 pass an equitable judgment1 unless one accepts1 without question1 the master's method4 ,veronese had no more respect for religious tradition than he had for mythological legend4 ,to take issue with the incongruities and anachronisms of the ,wedding at ,cana1 is voluntarily to debar oneself from discussing it4 ,if historic exactitude is the one thing that counts in a painting1 then this picture simply does not exist4 ,but happily painting has no need to justify itself to history2 it is amply sufficient to itself1 without borrowing anything from history1 and loses nothing of its beauty if perchance it does violence to history4 ,and of this the ,wedding at ,cana furnishes a most eloquent proof4 ,the composition of this famous picture is well known4 ,jesus is seated in the middle focus1 at the centre of the table1 which is curved on each side in the form of a horse-shoe4 ,to fill this immense table1 ,veronese did not go to the scriptures in search of personages2 he drew them from his surroundings and from his own imagination4 ,the groom1 a handsome1 black bearded young man1 clad in purple and gold1 is no other than ,alphonso d',avalos1 ,marquis del ,vasto1 and the bride is a portrait of ,eleanora of ,austria1 sister of ,charles ,v41 and ,queen of ,france4 ,on the left1 one discovers1 with some surprise1 ,francis ,i41 ,charles ,v41 the ,sultan ,achmed ,,ii41 and ,queen ,mary of ,england4 ,beside the ,sultan is a woman richly robed and holding a tooth-pick2 she is ,vittoria ,colonna1 ,marchesa di ,pescara2 then1 further on are monks1 cardinals1 and personal friends of the artist4 ,standing up1 clad in brocade and holding a cup in his hand1 is ,veronese's brother1 ,benedetto ,caliari4 ,in the centre are a group of musicians4 ,the octogenarian bending over his viol1 is a portrait of ,titian2 ,bassano is playing the flute2 ,tintoretto and ,veronese himself draw their bow across the strings of a 'cello4 ,the success of the ,wedding at ,cana was triumphal4 ,the great painters of ,venice1 contemporaries of ,veronese1 overwhelmed him with proofs of their admiration2 even morose ,tintoretto found some extremely amiable words in which to praise his rival in fame1 and ,titian embraced the happy painter when he chanced to meet him in the city streets4 ,these praises were merited2 the ,wedding at ,cana is quite truly one of the most beautiful masterpieces in the world's collection of paintings4 ,the renown obtained by this admirable work brought ,veronese a host of orders4 ,the various cities vied with each other to secure him to decorate their churches or their convents4 ,his first patron1 the ,prior ,torlioni1 ordered a picture from him for the convent of ,san ,sebastiano1 the church of which he had already decorated4 ,veronese1 by no means ungrateful1 painted for him the ,feast at the ,house of the ,leper1 in #aegj2 three years later he painted for the dominican monastery of ,san ,giovanni e ,paolo the ,feast at the ,house of ,levi1 to decorate one side of the refectory4 ,the monks had only a modest sum at their disposal and tremblingly offered it to the now celebrated painter2 they navely added the donation of a few casks of wine4 ,veronese exhibited the most complete disinterestedness by accepting these humble offers of the ,prior4 ,this was his third ,feast4 ,the fourth1 known under the name of the ,feast at the ,house of ,simon the ,pharisee1 was executed for the refectory of the ,brotherhood of ,servites4 ,it represents ,magdalen on her knees1 wiping the feet of ,christ with her hair4 ,this painting now hangs in the ,louvre1 opposite the ,wedding at ,cana4 ,it has been the property of ,france for two centuries1 and the history of its acquisition by ,louis ,,xiv is curious enough to be worth the telling4 ,colbert1 having learned that ,spain had negotiated for the purchase of the ,feast at the ,house of ,simon1 resolved to go to any lengths in order to acquire it himself1 on behalf of ,louis ,,xiv4 ,the ,french ambassador to ,venice1 ,pierre de ,bonzi1 was charged with the negotiations4 ,to address himself directly to the ,servites was impossible1 since there was a law in the ,venetian ,republic forbidding the sale and exportation of any native works of art4 ,bonzi pursued the course of informing the ,signoria of his royal master's wish4 ,the ,signoria1 desirous of securing the good will of the great king1 without violating her own laws1 purchased with public funds the picture from the ,servites1 and straightway offered it to ,louis ,,xiv1 who returned warm thanks to his very dear and great friends1 allies and confederates1 after having seen this rare and most perfect original4 ,,veronese ,,and ,,the ,,inquisition ,these four ,feasts of ,veronese won him a widespread renown4 ,but there were certain hostile spirits1 uncompromising traditionalists1 to whom the fantastic elements which he introduced into the composition of his religious pictures were necessarily strongly displeasing4 ,to introduce dwarfs1 buffoons1 men at arms under the influence of liquor1 at a feast where ,jesus and his disciples take part1--did not this savour of irreverence1 nay1 worse than that1 of heresy8 ,the ,feast at the ,house of ,levi the ,publican1 executed for the convent of ,san ,giovanni e ,paolo1 in which ,veronese had given free rein to his imagination1 was denounced to the ,holy ,office1 and on ,july #ah1 #aegc1 the artist was summoned before the tribunal of the ,inquisition4 ,in the ,most ,serene ,republic this tribunal scarcely had the same redoubtable power with which the sombre fanaticism of ,philip ,,ii had armed it in ,spain4 ,it was none the less a grave risk to incur its displeasure at an epoch when the ,papacy still held undisputed sway over the guidance of souls4 ,consequently this prosecution caused ,veronese serious alarm4 ,m4 ,armand ,baschet discovered quite recently in the archives of the ,frari1 at ,venice1 the official record of the trial with all the questions put to him and his answers4 ,the judges took special exception to his ,feast at the ,house of ,levi1 which seemed to them an outrage upon religion4 ,each one of the figures in the picture was brought up separately for discussion1 and the luckless ,veronese was required to make explanation4 ,what was the significance of that man who was bleeding at the nose8 ,why were those two soldiers1 on the steps of the stairway1 one of them drinking and the other eating1 clad in ,german uniform8 ,and1 at a repast where the ,saviour figures1 what was that ridiculous buffoon doing with a parroquet on his wrist8 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,,vi4--,,calvary 7,in the ,muse du ,louvre7 ,in painting this subject1 which so many artists have treated in a lugubrious tone1 ,veronese1 while preserving the intense sadness of the scene on ,calvary1 has none the less succeeded in lavishing upon it his habitual qualities as a colourist4 ,all the actors in the divine drama wear gloomy countenances and resplendent robes4 ,veronese defended himself as best he could4 ,he assumed a sort of injured innocence and apparently failed to understand the enormity of the irreverence with which he was charged4 ,next1 he took shelter behind the precedent established by the great masters4 ,he cited ,michelangelo and his ,last ,judgment3 ,at ,rome1 in the ,pope's own chapel1 ,michelangelo has represented ,our ,lord1 his ,mother1 ,saint ,john1 ,saint ,peter and the ,celestial ,choir1 and he has represented them all naked1 even the ,virgin ,mary1 and that1 too1 in diverse attitudes1 such as were certainly not inspired by our greatest of religions4 ,finally1 ,veronese emphatically denied the charge of any intentional irreverence toward the ,church2 he declared that he had simply permitted himself1 perhaps wrongfully1 a certain amount of license such as is accorded to poets and to fools4 ,his contrite attitude won him the indulgence of the ,tribunal4 ,but the judges demanded that he should correct his picture1 and he was obliged to remove the dwarfs and the fools and to modify the attitude of his men at arms4 ,this is the picture that may be seen to-day at the ,accademia delle ,belle ,arti1 at ,venice1 retouched in accordance with the orders of the ,holy ,office4 ,,the ,,journey ,,to ,,rome ,in spite of his keen desire to pay a visit to ,rome1 ,veronese was kept in ,venice by his ceaseless productivity1 and he attained the age of forty without ever having had the chance of a sight of the ,eternal ,city4 ,of all the masterpieces in that home of the ,pontiffs1 he knew nothing1 excepting of such as he had seen copied in the form of engravings4 ,the appointment of his friend and patron as ambassador to the ,holy ,see1 afforded him an opportunity to make the journey so many times projected and deferred4 ,no documents exist regarding ,veronese's sojourn in ,rome1 but at all events it was fairly brief4 ,beyond this1 we are reduced to mere conjecture4 ,furthermore1 there is no extant evidence to sustain the idea that he practised his art in the ,eternal ,city4 ,if he had painted any pictures there1 some trace of them would surely have been discovered4 ,it must therefore be concluded that he contented himself with admiring the masterpieces with which his illustrious predecessors1 ,raphael and ,michelangelo1 had enriched the capital of the ,pontiffs4 ,but his temperament was too peculiar1 his manner too individual1 and we may as well acknowledge1 his nature too superficial1 to permit of his experiencing those profound and overwhelming impressions that radically modify an artistic career4 ,and for this we ought rather to be thankful than to complain1 since it was only his obstinate insistence upon remaining himself that saved ,veronese from shipwreck upon the ever threatening reef of imitation4 ,,the ,,return ,,to ,,venice ,from the moment of his return to ,venice1 ,veronese was besieged from all sides2 once again he found himself enslaved to forced labor by the incessant contracts demanded of him by his fellow citizens4 ,the scantiness of documents which we possess regarding his life does not permit us to name the chronological order in which he painted his pictures4 ,we shall therefore gather them into groups for the sake of convenience in studying his more important works4 ,furthermore1 to study one by one1 all of his paintings1 is not to be thought of2 for this painter was one of the most prolific producers of which the history of art makes mention4 ,in every one of his pictures will be found1 more or less accentuated1 those qualities of composition1 of picturesqueness1 and of colour which together constitute his glory4 ,accordingly we shall limit ourselves to indicating1 at the different stages of his career1 those pictures which show most deeply the imprint of his genius and which also are most closely related to the life of ,venice of which he was1 in a certain way1 together with ,tintoretto1 the official painter4 ,for the rest the reader may be referred to the complete catalogue of the works of ,veronese given at the close of this book4 ,concerning the private life of the artist we are as poorly informed as concerning the date of his pictures4 ,we know only that he married and that he had two sons1 ,gabriele and ,carletto4 ,when they were old enough to hold a brush he entrusted them to ,bassano1 a ,venetian painter whose talent he held in high esteem4 ,as regards himself1 the documents of the period vaunt his uprightness1 his honesty and his keen sense of honour4 ,ridolfi1 one of his biographers1 who wrote sixty years after ,veronese's death1 and relied upon the recollections of people who knew him personally1 pictured him as a man of strict principles and settled habits1 and economical almost to the point of avarice4 ,he cites1 as an example of this1 that the artist rarely employed ultramarine1 which was very costly at that time1 and thus condemned his works to premature deterioration4 ,his fortune1 the extent of which we learn from the fiscal records of ,venice1 consisted in a few holdings of real estate at ,castelfranco in ,trevisano4 ,in #aehe he purchased a small estate at ,santa ,maria in ,porto1 not far from the ,pineta of ,ravenna4 ,he also possessed a bank account representing approximately six thousand sequins4 ,but what was that for a man who was the most famous and the most fertile artist of his time8 ,we have already given examples of his disinterestedness4 ,many a time he refused opportunities of great wealth4 ,he even declined the offers made him by ,philip ,,ii1 who tried to lure him to ,spain and would have entrusted him with decorating the ,escurial4 ,it was about the period of his return to ,venice that ,veronese completed his celebrated picture3 ,the ,family of ,darius at the ,feet of ,alexander after the ,battle of ,issus1 now in the ,national ,gallery at ,london4 ,the episode is well known2 ,darius ,,iii41 ,king of ,persia1 conquered at ,issus by ,alexander1 sends his wife and children to beg for clemency from the victor4 ,admitted to the conqueror's tent1 the unfortunate wife perceives a warrior in resplendent garments whom she takes for ,alexander1 and throws herself at his feet4 ,the warrior1 however1 is only ,ephestion1 ,alexander's lieutenant and friend4 ,the wife of ,darius apologizes for her mistake1 but ,alexander raises her up and says3 ,you made no mistake1 he also is ,alexander4 ,such is the historic theme4 ,but what matters history to ,veronese8 ,upon this classic subject he has built the most fantastic1 the most improbable1 and at the same time the most fascinating of his compositions4 ,the picture was painted for the ,pisani family which had given him hospitality1 and every one of the figures contained in it represents a member of that household4 ,it is related that1 in order to spare his hosts the necessity of thanking him or the obligation of making some return1 he rolled up his canvas and slipped it behind his bed in such a way that it would not be discovered in his room until after his departure4 ,it is scarcely probable that ,veronese could have painted so large a canvas--fourteen metres by seven--in the necessarily brief space of a friendly visit1 or that he could have painted in his figures1 which are all of them portraits1 without the knowledge of the ,pisani family4 ,but the anecdote is so pretty that it is pleasant to accept it as true4 ,it was a direct descendant of the ,venetian ,procurator1 ,count ,victor ,pisani1 who sold the painting to ,england in #aheg4 ,,the ,,decoration ,,of ,,the ,,ducal ,,palace ,in #aegg a violent conflagration destroyed the greater part of the ,ducal ,palace4 ,in this disaster all the pictures perished with which ,tintoretto1 ,horatio the son of ,titian1 and ,veronese1 had decorated it4 ,desiring to restore the palace promptly and give it a new splendour1 the ,senate appointed a committee1 authorized to distribute orders among the painters and decorators of ,venice4 ,the competitors were numerous and eager to secure a chance to collaborate in so glorious an enterprise2 and to this end they paid eager court to the committee4 ,veronese alone made no advances1 being unwilling to appear solicitous4 ,this dignified course was looked upon as excess of pride1 and one day when ,jacopo ,contanari met him in the street he reproached him with it4 ,veronese replied that it was not his business to seek for honours but to be deserving of them1 and that he had less skill in soliciting work than in executing it4 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,,vii4--,,the ,,marriage ,,of ,,st4 ,,catherine 7,in the ,accademia delle ,belle ,arti1 ,venice7 ,there is1 perhaps1 no other religious subject which has so often stimulated the inspiration of the great ,italian painters4 ,veronese himself has treated the same scene several times4 ,the painting here reproduced is considered1 in view of the picturesqueness of its composition1 the beauty of the faces1 and the brilliance of the colouring1 to be one of the best works of the illustrious artist4 ,but they could not exclude ,veronese1 whose fame had now become universal4 ,accordingly he was chosen with ,tintoretto1 and to them were added ,francisco ,bassano and the younger ,palma4 ,the ,ducal ,palace is therefore a sort of museum of the works of these masters1 and forms the most brilliant collection of paintings relating to the public life and the glorification of ,venice4 ,veronese was entrusted with the decoration of the great central oval of the ceiling1 and the lateral panels4 ,in these he painted the ,defence of ,scutari1 the ,taking of ,smyrna1 and the ,triumph of ,venice4 ,this last named painting is considered by many as ,veronese's crowning achievement4 ,venice is here represented in the form of a superb and smiling woman1 seated upon the clouds1 her eyes raised towards ,glory1 who offers her a crown4 ,at her side1 ,renown celebrates her grandeur2 at her feet are grouped ,honour1 ,liberty1 ,peace1 ,juno1 and ,ceres2 lower down an ethereal structure of admirable daring and architectural beauty sustains a great assemblage of gentlemen and ladies richly clad1 of cardinals and bishops1 all emulously uniting in the glorification of ,venice4 ,on the ground level standards1 trophies1 and cavaliers add the finishing touch to the composition1 and are treated with incomparable vigour and skill both in chiaroscuro and in perspective4 ,although of more modest dimensions1 the ,taking of ,smyrna and the ,defence of ,scutari are in no wise inferior to the great central composition4 ,in this same ,hall of the ,grand ,council1 ,veronese painted two other great canvases1 representing the ,military ,expedition of the ,doges1 ,loredan and ,mocenigo4 ,but for that matter there is not a room in the ,palace of the ,doges in which ,veronese is not represented by one or more canvases2 in the ,hall of the ,anticollegio1 there is a ceiling painting representing ,venice ,enthroned1 a work that has unfortunately deteriorated2 in the ,hall of the ,collegio1 a ,battle of ,lepanto1 a ,christ in ,glory1 ,venice and the ,doge ,venier1 a ,faith1 a ,st4 ,mark1 and a ceiling which is considered as the most beautiful in the whole ,palace of the ,doges3 ,venice ,upon the ,terrestrial ,globe1 ,between ,justice and ,peace4 ,the ,hall of the ,council of ,ten contains1 in the oval ceiling panel3 ,an ,old ,man resting his ,head on his ,hand and ,a ,young ,woman4 ,in the ,hall of the ,bussola1 ,st4 ,mark crowning the ,theological ,virtues1 the original of which is at the present time in the ,louvre4 ,mention should also be made of3 ,the ,triumph of the ,doge ,venier over the ,turks2 the ,return of ,contanari1 ,victor over the ,genoese at ,chioggia2 the ,emperor ,frederick at the feet of ,alexander ,,iii41 and1 in the ,hall of the ,ambassadors1 a magnificent allegory of ,venice1 personified as a patrician lady seen from behind1 robed in white satin and of marvellous grace4 ,veronese also had a share in the decoration of another of ,venice's monumental buildings1 situated near the bridge of the ,rialto and known by the name of the ,fondaco dei ,tedeschi4 ,this building1 which is to-day occupied by the ,post ,office1 formerly served as warehouse for ,german business men having commercial relations with the ,republic4 ,these rich merchants had had the palace adorned by the greatest painters in ,venice4 ,giorgione and ,titian had decorated its walls not only within1 but also on the exterior1 where traces of the paintings can still be seen4 ,veronese was entrusted with four compositions1 one of which is an allegory representing ,germany receiving the ,imperial ,crown4 ,it is believed that the canvas now in the ,museum at ,berlin1 entitled ,jupiter1 ,fortune and ,germany1 once formed part of the decoration of the ,fondaco dei ,tedeschi4 ,it was purchased at ,verona in #ahda4 ,veronese's celebrity1 about the year #aehj1 had become world-wide4 ,every sovereign who prided himself on his art gallery wished to possess some of his work4 ,the indefatigable artist endeavoured to satisfy them all2 he even corresponded personally with several of them4 ,for the ,duke of ,savoy1 he painted ,the ,queen of ,sheba ,visiting ,solomon2 to the ,duke of ,mantua1 who had honoured him with his friendship1 he sent a ,moses ,saved from the ,waters2 to the ,emperor ,rudolph ,,ii4 he gave a ,cephale and ,procris and a ,poem of ,venus4 ,these last two canvases1 of which the ,german ,emperor was very proud1 were taken from him by ,gustavus ,adolphus1 when that triumphant conqueror passed through ,vienna4 ,throughout his life1 ,veronese remained faithful to the pompous1 brilliant1 ornamental school of painting4 ,not that he was incapable of essaying other types1 but because it was his own preference to paint ease and luxury on a broad scale4 ,he sometimes had occasion to handle more vigorous subjects1 and in this he was completely successful1 as the magnificent painting entitled ,jupiter ,destroying the ,vices abundantly bears witness4 ,the surprise experienced in the presence of this noble work1 executed with the energy of a master-hand1 is surpassed only by admiration for the versatility of a genius which could at will adapt itself to unfamiliar formulas4 ,this famous painting1 proud and virile in style1 was taken from ,italy by the victorious ,armies of ,france1 and placed in ,versailles in the chamber of ,louis ,,xiv41 where for a long period it served as the ceiling decoration4 ,it was finally removed and now hangs in the ,louvre1 in company of other masterpieces by the same artist4 ,,the ,,last ,,years ,the execution of his large official canvases did not prevent ,veronese from responding to all the appeals which came to him from every side4 ,his unequalled activity1 his prodigious facility made it possible for him to satisfy these demands4 ,no one knows all the pictures which he painted for private individuals1 nor all the frescoes with which he adorned certain dwellings that have since disappeared4 ,nevertheless what a formidable list the works of this painter would make if the attempt were made to draw up such a list without omissions6 ,ridolfi devotes not less than thirty pages to a simple enumeration of the pictures which ,veronese painted for the neighbouring islands of ,venice1 such as ,murano and ,torcello1 for the country house of the ,grimani at ,orlago1 for that of the ,duke of ,tuscany at ,artemino1 or for the ,palace of the ,pisani4 ,to ,verona1 to ,brescia1 to ,vicenza1 to ,treviso1 to ,padua2 to ,venice also1 to the ,frari1 to ,ognissanti1 to the ,umilta1 to ,san ,francisco del ,orto1 to ,santa ,catarina1 for which he painted his famous ,marriage of ,st4 ,catherine1 everywhere1 in short1 where they required him1 he sent marvellous canvases1 magic with colour and with life2--canvases for which to-day museums vie with each other for their weight in gold4 ,but ,veronese was no longer young2 he had entered well into the fifties2 yet nothing in his craftsmanship betrayed fatigue or waning powers4 ,a genius almost unique1 he went steadily forward and no one could say of him1 in the presence of his latest productions1 what has so often been said of other illustrious painters3 ,that is a work of his old age6 ,veronese had the rare privilege of remaining young to the end4 ,one day1 while following a procession on foot1 ,veronese contracted a cold1 and after a brief illness he died4 ,his obsequies took place in the parish church of ,san ,samuele1 ,april #ai1 #aehh4 ,on that day he would have completed his sixtieth year4 ,when we remember that1 up to the eve of his death1 ,veronese continued to paint with as steady a hand as at the age of twenty1 his death seems premature1 and it is only natural to deplore that this matchless artist should have failed to obtain the ripe age of ,titian4 ,what masterpieces he might still have painted6 ,such as they are1 brilliant and luxuriant1 his works remain the most abundant that have ever come from the palette of any one painter1 and ,veronese stands lastingly1 in the history of ,art1 as the most amazing of all masters1 both in colour and in composition4 ,illustration3 ,,plate ,,viii4--,,the ,,vision ,,of ,,st4 ,,helena 7,in the ,national ,gallery1 ,london7 ,this picture has often been attributed to ,zelotti1 who was a friend and at one time a collaborator of ,veronese4 ,but the composition1 the colouring1 the finish of detail1 and the sumptuousness of decoration betray the hand of the immortal author of the ,wedding at ,cana4 ,,the ,,works ,,of ,,paolo ,,veronese ,,the ,,works ,,of ,,paolo ,,veronese ,,france ,,paris 7,,museum ,,of ,,the ,,louvre73 ,the ,wedding at ,cana4--,the ,feast at the ,house of ,simon the ,pharisee4--,jupiter destroying the ,vices4--,portrait of a ,young ,woman4--,susannah and the ,elders4--,the ,disciples at ,emmas4--,the ,fainting of ,esther4--,the ,burning of ,sodom4--,two ,holy ,families4--,calvary4--,jesus ,stumbling ,beneath the ,weight of the ,cross4--,st4 ,mark ,crowning the ,theological ,virtues4--,jesus ,curing ,peter's ,mother-in-law4 ,,montpellier 7,,museum73 ,the ,virgin in the ,clouds4--,the ,marriage of ,st4 ,catherine4--,st4 ,francis ,receiving the ,stigmata4 ,,rennes 7,,museum73 ,perseus ,delivering ,andromeda4 ,,lille 7,,museum73 ,science and ,eloquence4--,the ,martyrdom of ,st4 ,george4 ,,rouen 7,,museum73 ,st4 ,barnabas ,curing the ,sick4 ,,england ,,london 7,,national ,,gallery73 ,the ,rape of ,europa4--,the ,family of ,darius4--,magdalen at the ,feet of the ,saviour4--,the ,vision of ,st4 ,helena4--,the ,adoration of the ,magi4--,the ,consecration of ,st4 ,nicholas4 ,,edinburgh 7,,national ,,gallery73 ,venus and ,adonis4--,mars and ,venus4 ,,dulwich ,,college3 ,a ,cardinal pronouncing ,benediction4 ,,italy ,,venice 7,,accademia ,,delle ,,belle ,,arti73 ,st4 ,mark and ,st4 ,matthew4--,the ,feast at the ,house of ,levi--,st4 ,luke and ,st4 ,john4--,st4 ,christina fed by the ,angels4--,st4 ,christina thrown into the ,lake of ,bolsena4--,the ,virgin1 ,st4 ,joseph and several ,saints4--,the ,virgin and ,st4 ,dominique4--,st4 ,christina before the ,false ,gods4--,the ,annunciation4--,the ,coronation of the ,virgin4--,isaiah4--,ezechiel4--,the ,battle of ,cursolari4--,the ,flagellation of ,st4 ,christina4--,the ,angels of the ,passion4--,jesus and the two ,thieves4 ,,venice 7,,ducal ,,palace73 ,the ,triumph of ,venice4--,the ,rape of ,europa4--,peace and ,justice4 ,,asolo 7,,villa ,,barbaro73 ,fresco ,decorations4 ,,rome 7,,vatican73 ,st4 ,helena4 ,,florence 7,,uffizzi ,,gallery73 ,esther before ,ahasuerus4--,portrait of a ,man4--,jesus ,crucified4--,prudence1 ,hope1 and ,love4--,the ,annunciation to the ,virgin4--,the ,martyrdom of ,st4 ,justine4--,the ,martyrdom of ,st4 ,catherine4--,the ,madonna and the ,infant ,jesus 7,sketch74--,study for a ,st4 ,paul4--,gentleman in a white ,robe 7,sketch74--,holy ,family with ,st4 ,catherine4 ,,florence 7,,pitti ,,palace73 ,portrait of ,veronese's ,wife4--,portrait of ,daniele ,barbaro4--,the ,baptism of ,christ4--,portrait of a ,child4--,christ taking leave of ,his ,mother4 ,,bergamo 7,,carrara ,,academy73 ,reunion in a ,garden4--,episode from the ,life of ,st4 ,catherine4 ,,turin 7,,royal ,,museum73 ,magdalen washing the ,feet of ,christ4--,moses saved from the ,waters4 ,,naples 7,,national ,,museum73 ,the ,circumcision4 ,,genoa 7,,doria ,,palace73 ,susannah and the ,elders4--,the same ,subject4--,allegorical ,figures4 ,,modena 7,,royal ,,gallery ,,of ,,este73 ,st4 ,peter and ,st4 ,paul4--,portrait of ,veronese4--,a ,captain4 ,,milan 7,,brera ,,museum73 ,the ,feast at the ,house of the ,pharisee4--,the ,adoration of the ,magi4--,the ,last ,supper4--,the ,baptism of ,christ4--,st4 ,gregory and ,st4 ,jerome ,glorified4--,st4 ,ambrose and ,st4 ,augustine ,glorified4--,christ on the ,mount of ,olives4--,st4 ,anthony1 ,st4 ,cornelius and ,st4 ,cyprian4 ,,belgium ,,brussels 7,,royal ,,museum73 ,the ,adoration of the ,magi4--,the ,holy ,family with ,st4 ,theresa and ,st4 ,catherine4--,juno lavishing her ,treasures on ,venice4 ,,spain ,,madrid 7,,museum ,,of ,,the ,,prado73 ,four ,portraits of ,women of ,rank4--,calvary4--,the ,woman taken in ,adultery4--,magdalen ,repentant4--,venus and ,adonis4--,jesus and the ,centurion4--,the ,infant ,jesus1 ,st4 ,lucia and ,st4 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