Veronese’s celebrated painting hung for two centuries in the Refectory of the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, but after being plundered by Napoleon’s revolutionary army in 1797, it eventually found its way into the collection of the Louvre. The groupings of musicians, wine-bearers, and guests create a lively frieze with the figure of Christ at the centre. The wine vessel on the left is empty, while wine transformed from water pours out on the right.