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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.
Raphael’s portrait, however, is not the portrait of a warmonger but an astonishingly intimate image of a careworn elderly man. Pope Julius was a great patron of the arts, commissioning Raphael to decorate the papal apartments (Vatican Stanze) and ordering the rebuilding of St Peter’s in Rome.
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.
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.
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.
Coordinates: 41°54′13″N 12°27′23″E. The four Raphael Rooms ( Italian: Stanze di Raffaello) form a suite of reception rooms in the Apostolic Palace, now part of the Vatican Museums, in Vatican City. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop.
Julius II (born Dec. 5, 1443, Albisola, Republic of Genoa—died Feb. 21, 1513, Rome) was the greatest art patron of the papal line (reigned 1503–13) and one of the most powerful rulers of his age.
