Feast in the House of Levi

A huge painting by Veronese. Originally called The Last Supper, it got him into serious trouble with the Inquisition. He was accused of heresy, a capital sin: the work did not show enough respect for the holy subject. There were midgets, drunks, fools, people dressed as Germans (!), and a dog was sitting on the spot reserved for Mary Magdalene. Veronese showed some remorse and was ordered to replace the dog with Mary Magdalene and to remove the Germans.

The artist must have felt that the power of the Inquisition was limited in Venice, because he never changed the work. But he did give it a less dangerous name: Feast in the House of Levi.