Where can you see Paolo Veronese in Venice?

At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Feast in the House of Levi and Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto. At the Doge's Palace: The Triumph of Venice. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Paolo Veronese's most famous work in Venice?

The Feast in the House of Levi, of 1573, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. A banquet under three great arches, thirteen metres wide, painted as a Last Supper and renamed after the Inquisition objected to its guests.

When and where was Paolo Veronese born?

In 1528, at Verona, Republic of Venice. Paolo Veronese died on 19 April 1588, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 60.

What is Paolo Veronese known for?

Took his name from his home town, Verona. Was questioned by the Inquisition in 1573 over a Last Supper. Is buried in the church of San Sebastiano, which he decorated. Paolo Veronese was a Venetian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1528 to 1588

Paolo Veronese

Paolo Caliari came from Verona, hence his name, and gave Venice the image of itself it most wanted: rich, calm and magnificent. His feasts are crowded with guests in silk, servants, dwarfs and dogs, under arches of white marble.

Born: 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice
Died: 1588, Venice, Republic of Venice
Movement: Venetian Renaissance
In Venice: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Paolo Veronese in Venice

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Gallerie dell'Accademia2 works

The Feast in the House of Levi
1573
A banquet under three great arches, thirteen metres wide, painted as a Last Supper and renamed after the Inquisition objected to its guests.
Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto
about 1571 to 1572
The great sea battle against the Ottomans below, and above it saints asking the Virgin for victory.

Doge's Palace1 work

The Triumph of Venice
about 1585
Venice crowned among the clouds over a balustrade crowded with onlookers, on the ceiling of the Hall of the Great Council.

The life of Paolo Veronese

Veronese settled in Venice in the 1550s and soon rivalled Tintoretto and Titian. He painted ceilings for the Doge's Palace and the church of San Sebastiano, where he is buried, and great banquet scenes for the refectories of monasteries.

In 1573 the Inquisition summoned him over a Last Supper full of soldiers, drunkards and dwarfs. He answered that painters take the liberties of poets and madmen, and changed the title rather than the figures: it became the Feast in the House of Levi.

What to know

Took his name from his home town, Verona
Was questioned by the Inquisition in 1573 over a Last Supper
Is buried in the church of San Sebastiano, which he decorated

Born: 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice
Died: 19 April 1588, Venice, Republic of Venice

Paolo Veronese: common questions

Where can you see Paolo Veronese in Venice?: At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Feast in the House of Levi and Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto. At the Doge's Palace: The Triumph of Venice. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Paolo Veronese's most famous work in Venice?: The Feast in the House of Levi, of 1573, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. A banquet under three great arches, thirteen metres wide, painted as a Last Supper and renamed after the Inquisition objected to its guests.
When and where was Paolo Veronese born?: In 1528, at Verona, Republic of Venice. Paolo Veronese died on 19 April 1588, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 60.
What is Paolo Veronese known for?: Took his name from his home town, Verona. Was questioned by the Inquisition in 1573 over a Last Supper. Is buried in the church of San Sebastiano, which he decorated. Paolo Veronese was a Venetian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.