''The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee'' is a c. 1545 is an oil on canvas painting by

Romanino Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino (c. 1485 - c. 1566), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active in the Veneto and Lombardy, near Brescia. His long career brought forth several different styles. Biography Romani was born in Brescia. Hi ...

, now in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...

. It is part of the decoration of the Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento. That chapel had been built in 1509 but remained mostly undecorated until on 21 March 1521 the Confraternita del Santissimo Sacramento commissioned Romanino and Moretto to produce a set of paintings. That artistic duel lasted until the mid 16th century.

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