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- The portrait shows Giuliano della Rovere, Pope Julius II, elected in 1503 after one of the shortest conclaves ever (he bribed everyone). He was a lover of war, who led his own armies; and a lover of art, commissioning some of the greatest works in western history: Raphael's decorated rooms in the Vatican and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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Oct 14, 2023 · Email: tomgurney1@gmail.com / Phone: +44 7429 011000. 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.
Julius II belonged to the della Rovere family. He was a forceful ruler, who reasserted his power over the Papal States by military... (Showing of 13 works) Raphael, Pope Julius II, 1511. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.
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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. Julius II appears with the insignia of his mission, as a spiritual leader but also as a temporal le...
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 Segnaturaand the Stanza ...
We know that until 1591 the portrait of Julius II was in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo. After that date the painting was taken by Cardinal Sfrondati who sold it to Cardinal Scipione Borghese in 1608. It was between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century that the painting arrived in London where the National Gallery...
Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II shows Julius II, whose civil name was Giuliano della Rovere and who lived from 1443 to 1513. He was elected head of the Catholic Church in 1503, so he was already a man of advanced age at that time.
Jan 13, 2024 · The portrait shows Giuliano della Rovere, Pope Julius II, elected in 1503 after one of the shortest conclaves ever (he bribed everyone). He was a lover of war, who led his own armies; and a lover of art, commissioning some of the greatest works in western history: Raphael's decorated rooms in the Vatican and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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
Raphael, starting in June 1511 would begin to work on one of his most famous and revolutionary paintings, the Portrait of Pope Julius II, this painting would be unlike any other portrait of a pope, and for the most part, portraiture in general at the time.
