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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. From early in its life, it was specially hung at the pillars ...
- 108 cm × 80.7 cm (43 in × 31.8 in)
- Raphael
- 1511–1512
The Warrior Pope: Raphael’s ‘Pope Julius II’. Matthias Wivel, our Curator of 16th-century Italian paintings, gives a talk about the portrait of Julius II by Raphael. Julius II belonged to the della Rovere family. He was a forceful ruler, who reasserted his power over the Papal States by military... Raphael, Pope Julius II, 1511.
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. Prior to Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II, the sitter would normally be ...
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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 ...
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. His pontificate was shaped on the one hand by his role as Italian territorial prince - he was considered a ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Raphael, Portrait of Pope Julius II. by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. 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.
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.
