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Aug 3, 2023 · The tomb monument for Pope Julius II della Rovere was one of the first commissions Michelangelo received from the Pope himself upon his arrival in Rome at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It was intended by the patron to be a free-standing, enormous, and auto-celebratory mausoleum.
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Oil on wood. Dimensions. 108 cm × 80.7 cm (43 in × 31.8 in) Location. National Gallery, London, Uffizi and other versions. Portrait of Pope Julius II is an oil painting of 1511–1512 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. The portrait of Pope Julius II was unusual for its time and would carry a long influence on papal portraiture.
- 108 cm × 80.7 cm (43 in × 31.8 in)
- Raphael
- 1511–1512
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Dec 6, 2023 · Raphael, Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511, oil on poplar, 108.7 x 81 cm (National Gallery, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
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.
Raphael may have painted the portrait in Julius’s apartment on the third floor of the Vatican palace – perhaps the room where he received visitors, which was lit by similar windows. The portrait was displayed on 12 December 1513, after Julius’s death, in the Roman church of Santa Maria del Popolo, which had been redecorated at the expense ...
Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian. 1505–6. Not on view. By 1505, eight years before his death, Pope Julius II della Rovere (reigned 1503-1513) had apparently already began contemplating plans to erect a grandiose tomb for himself in the new Saint Peter's Basilica being constructed according to Bramante’s design, and entrusted Michelangelo ...
The tomb of Julius II, with Michelangelo's statues of Rachel and Leah on the left and the right of his Moses. The Tomb of Julius II was originally commissioned in 1505, yet was not completed until 1545 on a much reduced scale: 1505 – Commissioned by Julius; Michelangelo spends 9 months choosing marble at Carrara.
