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Pope Julius II was a towering figure in Italian and European politics. He was known as the ‘Warrior-Pope’ because of his proclivity towards war. He was also a shrewd diplomat and capable politician. Julius II changed the history of Italy with his policies and had a dramatic impact on the Renaissance. He was a great patron of the arts and ...
Pope Julius II, affectionately remembered as the “Fearsome Pope,” was more than just an art patron. Julius acted twice as a war leader, even riding onto the battlefield at the ripe age of sixty-eight. This stunning military prowess may explain the reactions his portrait would draw years after his death.
There he worked for both Pope Julius II and his successor Pope Leo X, the son of Lorenzo de' Medici, and it was during this time that he gained the epithet "Prince of Painters." In 1508, while Michelangelo was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Raphael started work on redecorating Pope Julius II's apartments at the Vatican.
Portrait of Pope Julius II. , 1511. Oil on Poplar Wood. 42 4/5 × 31 9/10 in | 108.7 × 81 cm. Art History 101. Get notifications for similar works.
Jul 15, 2013 · Painting of Pope Julius II, one of only about 20 existing portraits by Raphael, has been in the National Gallery since 1824 and long regarded as a copy Michael McNay Mon 15 Jul 2013 05.27 EDT
Oct 4, 2022 · Raphael’s portrait of Julius II can be dated to the period before December 1511 when the pope had his beard shaved following a vow for the unhappy outcome of the war against Louis XII of France. The pontiff’s defeat against the French also led Julius II to change the iconographic design for the last wall of the Stanza della Segnatura and ...
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is a oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The painting was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, and probably executed c. 1513–1514. The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by Raphael.
