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Oct 4, 2022 · This exciting masterpiece, painted by Raphael between 1511-1512, depicts Pope Julius II in a new way. Raphael breaks with all iconographic tradition and places the pope at the centre of the canvas not as an aseptic hieratic figure, but as a real man.
Pope Julius II (reigned 1503–1513), commissioned a series of highly influential art and architecture projects in the Vatican. The painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo and of various rooms by Raphael in the Apostolic Palace are considered among the masterworks that mark the High Renaissance in Rome.
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This portrait of the careworn Pope Julius II (1443–1513) is usually dated to the one-and-a-half-year period during which he wore a beard. He grew it in 1510 as a token of mortification while recovering from a serious illness brought on by the loss of Bologna to the French, and vowed not to shave it off until French troops had been expelled ...
Oct 14, 2023 · The portrait of Pope Julius II by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, dates between June 1511 and March 1512. Commissioned by Julius II, Raphael's oil painting would become one of inspiration and admiration - influencing the future of papal portraiture.
He's not shown as a warrior at all, and he looks down toward the right. His body's turned a little bit off center, and so he's depicted in a very human way, not as an all-powerful figure, but as a man.
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Portrait of Pope Julius II is an oil portrait of 1511–12 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It has 101 x 83 cm dimensions, and you can find the artwork in Room IX of the Borghese Gallery.
