Month: October 2013

Incoronazione della Vergine (1502-1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Incoronazione della Vergine, detta Pala Oddi (Crowning of the Virgin, called Oddi Altarpiece) 1502–1504 Tempera grassa on wood transferred to canvas, 272 x 165 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Crowning of the Virgin was painted for the altar of…

San Giorgio e il drago, Washington (c.1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1506 Oil on panel, 28.5 x 21.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Raphael was born in Urbino, a central Italian duchy noted for its elegant gentility and Renaissance scholarship.…

San Giorgio uccide il drago (disegno)

Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio uccide il drago, disegno (Drawing for St George and the Dragon) c.1506 Pen and ink over black chalk, 26.3 x 21.3 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago c.1506 National…

Pala Colonna (1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Pala Colonna (Colonna Altarpiece) c.1504–1505 Oil and gold on wood, 242 x 169.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Raphael painted this altarpiece around 1504/5 for the Franciscan convent of Sant’Antonio in Perugia. It hung in a part of…

Madonna in trono con santi (1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna in trono con santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints) c.1504–1505 Tempera and gold on wood, 169.5 x 168.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is the main panel of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). The Colonna…

L’orazione nell’Orto (1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) L’orazione nell’Orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1504–1505 Oil on wood, 24.1 x 28.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel was originally part of the base (predella) of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). This panel was…

Processione al Calvario (c.1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Processione al Calvario (The Procession to Calvary) c.1504–1505 Oil on poplar, 24.4 x 85.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of three scenes from the predella of Raphael’s Colonna Altarpiece, painted for the convent of S. Antonio da Padua…

Pietà (c.1503-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Pietà c.1503–1505 Oil on poplar panel, 23.6 x 28.8 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Not satisfied with a single Raphael painting, Isabella Stewart Gardner waited just two years before purchasing her second work by the artist. This small panel,…