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'''Paolo Veronese''' (Paolo Caliari) (Verona, 1528 – Venice, 1588) was an Italian [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] of the Venetian School. He became known as "Veronese" from his birthplace in Verona, Italy. There he studied painting with Antonio Badile.

Arriving in Venice in 1553, his first Venetian commission was a ''Sacra Conversazione from San Francesco della Vigna''; he was later famous for paintings such as ''the ceiling paintings for San Sebastiano, the Doge's Palace, and the Marciana Library,'' ''The Wedding at Cana''  (1562–63, Louvre, Paris) and ''The Feast in the House of Levi'' (1573, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice) (one of the largest canvases of the 16th century). 

Along with [[Titian]], and [[Tintoretto]] he constitute the triumvirate of pre-eminent Venetian painters (1500s). 

Veronese is considered a supreme colorist and is renown for his luminous hues and harmonies of contrast (e.g. [[:File:Veronese Baptism of Christ.jpg|Baptism of Christ]] ).

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File:Veronese The Wedding at Cana 1563.jpg|The Wedding at Cana, 1563.
File:Veronese Martirio di San Giorgio 1564.jpg|Martirio di San Giorgio, 1564.
File:Veronese Feast in the House of Levi.jpg|Feast in the House of Levi, 1573.
File:Veronese Judith Holofernes 1580.jpg|Judith Holofernes, 1580.
File:Veronese Lucrecia.jpg|Lucrecia, 1580/1583.
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[[File:Veronese Marriage of Saint Catherine 1580.jpg]]

Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1580.
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== See also ==

*[[Sir Joshua Reynolds]]
*[[Anthony van Dyck]]
*[[Gallery of Italian Masterpieces]]
*[[Middle Ages Painting]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/martin/art_law/feast_in_the_house_of_levi.htm Feast in the House of Levi] Harvard.
*[http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/ven_ren.htm The Renaissance in Venice.]
*[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/veronese/biograph.html Paintings in the Salon of the Biblioteca Marciana (1556-60)]
*[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/veronese/biograph.html Paintings in Palazzo Ducale (1575-85)]



[[Category:Italian Painters|Veronese, Paolo]]