# Christ at the House of Simon the Pharisee [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SUBLEYRAS, Pierre]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 51 x 122 cm ## Commentary Christ at the House of Simon the Pharisee c. 1737 Oil on canvas, 51 x 122 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden This picture is based on the story in the Gospel of St Luke \(VII, 36-50\) in which Christ was invited to dine with Simon the Pharisee. The painting is directly linked with a large composition at the Louvre in Paris, which Subleyras painted in Rome from about 1755 to 1757 for the refectory of Santa Maria Nuova, a monastery in Asti, Piedmont. This work was chiefly responsible for his fame during the eighteenth century. He made many studies prior to embarking on the picture. Even while working on it he made a number of small versions, including this painting, which should be regarded as a work in its own right. Subleyras attached great importance to the Dresden version; indeed, by presenting it to Frederick Christian of Saxony, the heir to the Elector, he pinned to the work his hopes of a position in Dresden. ## Related artworks - [Charon Ferrying the Shades]() - [Don Cesare Benvenuti]() - [Investing with Insignia]() - [Mass of St Basil]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Self-Portrait before the Easel]() - [St Ambrose Converting Theodosius]() - [The Feast in the House of Simon]() - [The Marriage of St Catherine]() - [The Mass of Saint Basil]() - [The Mass of Saint Basil]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()