''Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee'', also known as ''Christ in the Home of Simon the Pharisee'', is a painting by

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

. It was painted c. 1618–1620, and is in

The Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the list of ...

, St. Petersburg. The painting depicts an incident from

Luke 7 Luke 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It tells the records of two great miracles performed by Jesus, his reply to John the Baptist's question, and the anointing by a sinful woman.Halley, ...

where Jesus visits

Simon the Pharisee Simon was a Pharisee mentioned in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 7:36-50) as the host of a meal, who invited Jesus to eat in his house but failed to show him the usual marks of hospitality offered to visitors - a greeting kiss (v. 45), water to wash his ...

, and has his feet anointed by a "sinful woman". Jesus proceeds to tell the

Parable of the Two Debtors The Parable of the Two Debtors is a parable of Jesus. It appears in , where Jesus uses the parable to explain that the woman who has anointed him loves him more than his host, because she has been forgiven of greater sins. A similar anointing in ...

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{{17C-painting-stub Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens 1620 paintings Paintings of Jesus Paintings in Russia Paintings in the Hermitage Museum