. Sketches of great painters for young people. e Leper was painted byVeronese in 1570, and it is now in the Church of , where he gained such success when he firstwent to Venice. For the Church of St. John and St. Paul Veronesepainted the Feast at the House of Simon. Because ofthis picture Veronese was brought to trial before thegrand inquisitors, in 1573. During the trial, the artistwas called upon to explain why he had introduced into asacred picture heretical Germans with halberds, dwarfs,buffoons, parrots, dogs, and various other details. Hewas ordered to change the figure of a
. Sketches of great painters for young people. e Leper was painted byVeronese in 1570, and it is now in the Church of , where he gained such success when he firstwent to Venice. For the Church of St. John and St. Paul Veronesepainted the Feast at the House of Simon. Because ofthis picture Veronese was brought to trial before thegrand inquisitors, in 1573. During the trial, the artistwas called upon to explain why he had introduced into asacred picture heretical Germans with halberds, dwarfs,buffoons, parrots, dogs, and various other details. Hewas ordered to change the figure of a dog for that ofthe Magdalen, and to make other changes at his ownexpense. The artist replied that such a change wasunfitting, and that he had filled the space as he consid-ered best. But he renamed the picture, calling it theFeast at the House of Levi, so that there was no longerany suitability in introducing the figure of the Mag-dalen, since she was not present at the feast at thehouse of Matthew the Publican, who is called Levi bySt. 109 110 SKETCHES OF GREAT PAINTERS. The questions and the answers in this trial are inter-esting to us now, as they reveal something of the charac-ter of Veronese and his artistic ideals. A translationof the document describing the trial may be found in apamphlet by John Ruskin, entitled A Guide to thePrincipal Pictures of the Venetian Academy. Another feast was painted for the church of the Ser-vite monks. It is called the Feast at the House of Simon,and it is now in the Salon Carre, at the Louvre, hangingopposite the Marriage at Cana. In 1565 Veronese went to Rome, and there he gainednew inspiration by a study of the ancient works ofarchitecture and sculpture in the city, and of the master-pieces of Michelangelo and Raphael. After his returnto Venice he received an invitation from Philip II. ofSpain to go to his court, but he loved Verona andVenice and his own kindred so much that he did notwish to go away. He was soon at work again, an
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