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Stand back and let this canvas breathe. In 1563, Veronese painted not a Gospel scene but a world — a hundred and thirty figures crowding a sunlit loggia, feasting, gossiping, playing music. Silks shimmer; dogs prowl.
Christ sits at the center, still as water. At ten metres wide, this is the Louvre's largest painting.
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Paris
Room 711 · Salle des États · Level 1 · Denon wing
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