The banquet was served for the guests' enjoyment...but the Inquisition was not amused. Who was the painter summoned to answer for heresy (or irreverence), what was the title of the painting before his examination, and what was its title afterwards?

Zbeckabee

Veronese, Bad Boy One of the most stunning canvasses in Venice's Accademia art gallery was painted by Paolo Veronese in 1573. Originally titled The Last Supper of Christ, the room-sized painting depicts a strange collection of near-life-size figures either seated or milling about near Jesus at a long banquet table. In addition to garden variety Apostles, Veronese kicked it up a notch with a few dwarfs, some armed German soldiers, drunks, dogs, and clowns, among other things. It was the fifth Last Supper he had painted in his career to that point, and maybe he was getting a little tired of the subject. Why not have a little fun? The friars of Santi Giovanni and Paolo didn't see it that way. It wasn't the painting they commissioned or wanted. When Veronese refused to change it, they had him hauled before the McCarthy Commission of the day: the Inquisition. http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2003/11/veronese_bad_bo.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Veronese There was a happy ending. The Inquisition ordered him to make changes. He agreed, but amazingly, in the end, the only thing he did was to paint the words "FECIT D. COVI. MAGNVS LEVI- LVCAE CAP. V" on the canvas, effectively retitling the work Feast At The House of Levi, after a more party-friendly event that found in the Gospel of Luke. Jul 26 10, 6:34 AM

queproblema

Exactly, Zb! Bad Boy and also Dumb Boy. Did he really think the friars were going to be happy with that? Here's a better image than Wikipedia's, and it can be substantially enlarged with your Ctrl+ keys. In real life it's a whopping 18 x 42 feet! (approx) (That's about 5 1/2 x 13 meters.) http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/martin/art_law/feast_in_the_house_of_levi.htm Jul 26 10, 5:35 PM