Paolo Veronese [SEP] occupation
Paolo Veronese
Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 – 19 April 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). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the "great trio that dominated Venetian painting of the "cinquecento"" and the
century acquired embellishments from the brothers Petronio and Francesco Tadolini, including a colossal statue of Hercules and copies of the Furietti Centaurs. By 1796, the privileges of the nobility and Senate were abolished by the French occupation, and accepted by the Gonfaloniere and owner of his palace, Legnani Ferri.
By the beginning of the 19th century, a stunning catalogue of the prominent paintings owned by the family included works by Pontormo, Paolo Veronese, Correggio, Denys Calvaert, Annibale and Agostino Carracci, Guido Reni, Prospero Fontana, Bartolomeo