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Even Renaissance artists had to tread carefully when it came to forks, as is evident from the case of Paolo Veronese. A year before King Henry’s visit to Venice, Veronese received a commission to paint the Last Supper for the refectory of a Dominican monastery in ~~Venice~~. But in executing the work, the painter got… somewhat carried away. His Last Supper unfolded in the arcaded loggia of an ornate palace, where Jesus and the apostles were surrounded by German halberdiers, dwarf jesters, black servants, Turks in turbans, women in windows, even cats, dogs and a parrot… Like in a [https://youtu.be/1jEljvNMlZ8?si=6QiEFqAwCJEirWyB Monty Python sketch,] all that was missing were kangaroos and a mariachi band! And to top it all off – horror of horrors – two apostles were seated at the table with forks in their hands! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, yet it’s hardly surprising that the Inquisition (Venetian, in this case) summoned Veronese for questioning and ordered him to alter the painting.<ref>{{Cyt

Even Renaissance artists had to tread carefully when it came to forks, as is evident from the case of Paolo Veronese. A year before King Henry’s visit to Venice, Veronese received a commission to paint the Last Supper for the refectory of a Dominican monastery in in the same city. But in executing the work, the painter got… somewhat carried away. His Last Supper unfolded in the arcaded loggia of an ornate palace, where Jesus and the apostles were surrounded by German halberdiers, dwarf jesters, black servants, Turks in turbans, women in windows, even cats, dogs and a parrot… Like in a [https://youtu.be/1jEljvNMlZ8?si=6QiEFqAwCJEirWyB Monty Python sketch,] all that was missing were kangaroos and a mariachi band! And to top it all off – horror of horrors – two apostles were seated at the table with forks in their hands! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, yet it’s hardly surprising that the Inquisition (Venetian, in this case) summoned Veronese for questioning and ordered him to alter the painting.<ref>{{Cyt

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-Even Renaissance artists had to tread carefully when it came to forks, as is evident from the case of Paolo Veronese. A&nbsp;year before King Henry’s visit to Venice, Veronese received a&nbsp;commission to paint the Last Supper for the refectory of a&nbsp;Dominican monastery in Venice. But in executing the work, the painter got… somewhat carried away. His Last Supper unfolded in the arcaded loggia of an ornate palace, where Jesus and the apostles were surrounded by German halberdiers, dwarf jesters, black servants, Turks in turbans, women in windows, even cats, dogs and a&nbsp;parrot… Like in a&nbsp;[https://youtu.be/1jEljvNMlZ8?si=6QiEFqAwCJEirWyB Monty Python sketch,] all that was missing were kangaroos and a&nbsp;mariachi band! And to top it all off – horror of horrors – two apostles were seated at the table with forks in their hands! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, yet it’s hardly surprising that the Inquisition (Venetian, in this case) summoned Veronese for questioning and ordered him to alter the painting.<ref>{{Cyt
+Even Renaissance artists had to tread carefully when it came to forks, as is evident from the case of Paolo Veronese. A&nbsp;year before King Henry’s visit to Venice, Veronese received a&nbsp;commission to paint the Last Supper for the refectory of a&nbsp;Dominican monastery in in the same city. But in executing the work, the painter got… somewhat carried away. His Last Supper unfolded in the arcaded loggia of an ornate palace, where Jesus and the apostles were surrounded by German halberdiers, dwarf jesters, black servants, Turks in turbans, women in windows, even cats, dogs and a&nbsp;parrot… Like in a&nbsp;[https://youtu.be/1jEljvNMlZ8?si=6QiEFqAwCJEirWyB Monty Python sketch,] all that was missing were kangaroos and a&nbsp;mariachi band! And to top it all off – horror of horrors – two apostles were seated at the table with forks in their hands! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, yet it’s hardly surprising that the Inquisition (Venetian, in this case) summoned Veronese for questioning and ordered him to alter the painting.<ref>{{Cyt
   | tytuł    = Smarthistory
    | nazwisko r      = Harris