Why it matters
In a vast Venetian banquet framed by Palladian architecture, Mary Magdalene anoints Christ's feet at the far left. It is one of Veronese's monumental 'Feasts' for monastery refectories.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1570 for the monastery of San Sebastiano in Venice.
- Veronese was later buried in that church.
- It came to the Brera in 1817 after Napoleon's fall.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Veronese, Milan) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
