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Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese (/ ˌ v ɛr ə ˈ n eɪ z eɪ,-z i / VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -zee, also US: /-eɪ s i /-see, Italian: [ˈpaːolo veroˈneːze,-eːse]), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at ...
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Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter, based in Venice, known for large-format history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573).
- Italian
- Verona, Italy
Paolo Caliari was born in Verona in 1528, the son of a local stonecutter. As a young man, in the 1540s, he trained under the artist Antonio Badile and was educated in the shadow of the antiquarian taste that was developing in those years in Verona, mainly through the architect Michele Sanmicheli.
Apr 12, 2024 · Paolo Caliari. Born: 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice [Italy] Died: April 9, 1588, Venice (aged 60) Notable Works: “Adoration of the Kings” “Apotheosis of Venice” “Feast in the House of Levi” “Last Supper” “Mars and Venus United in Love” “Story of Esther” “The Family of Darius Before Alexander” “The Marriage at Cana” “The Pilgrims of Emmaus”
- Rodolfo Pallucchini
Veronese, who, incidentally had reverted to his proper name Paolo Caliari in 1575, died from pneumonia in 1588 and was buried in the Church of San Sebastiano, surrounded by his artistic contributions to the church.
- Italian
- Verona, Italy
Paolo Veronese. 1528 - 1588. Paolo was born in Verona – hence his nickname 'Veronese'. His father was a stonecutter and his mother was the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman called Caliari, a name the artist adopted in the 1550s. Veronese moved to Venice in the early 1550s and stayed there for the rest of his life, becoming one of the ...
Date: 1570s. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 81 x 63 3/8 in. (205.7 x 161 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910. Accession Number: 10.189. Learn more about this artwork.
