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Veronese, Paolo (Paolo Caliari) (c. 1528–1588)Italian painter, born in Verona. He was the pupil of Antonio Badile, but also learned from the study of Titian and Tintoretto. Some part of his youth was spent in the shop of his brother Antonio, who dealt in the embroidery and rich fabrics that were to play an important decorative part in his painting. From 1555 he lived in Venice, producing those huge decorative compositions with their representation of splendid architecture and crowds of luxuriously dressed figures for which he is famous. He was active mainly in Venice. He specialized in grand decorative schemes, such as his ceilings in the Doge's Palace, noted for their rich colouring, broad composition, trompe l'oeil effects, and inventive detail. Religious, mythological, historical, or allegorical, his paintings – usually of banquets and scenes of pageantry – celebrated the power and splendour of Venice. Many of his finest works are in Venice – in the Doge's Palace, the church of San Sebastiano, the Accademia, and the Villa Masiera – but elsewhere paintings now held include Marriage at Cana (1562–63, Louvre, Paris), the Family of Darius before Alexander (c. 1570, National Gallery, London), and the Finding of Moses (Mellon Collection, Washington, DC). The Marriage at Cana is typical in its pomp and luxury, containing more than 130 figures, including portraits of many leading figures – Charles V, Francis I, Sultan Suleiman II, the painters Titian, Bassano, and Tintoretto, and the writer Pietro Aretino – together with an assortment of fools, dwarfs, pages, and dogs, in a grandiose architectural setting.
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