Now hanging in the Vatican, the 1529 work 'The Transfiguration' was which artist's last painting?
The Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael. Commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de Medici, the later Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) and conceived as an altarpiece for the Narbonne Cathedral in France, Raphael worked on it until his death in 1520. The painting exemplifies Raphael's development as an artist and the culmination of his career. Unusually for a depiction of the Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art, the subject is combined with an additional episode from the Gospels in the lower part of the painting.
The Transfiguration stands as an allegory of the transformative nature of representation. It is now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Vatican City.
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What are your thoughts on this subject?
9 Comments
Carol Christine Brown
I thought the artist listed was Titian not Titain
Stevie G
Carol Christine Brown, You are correct it was misspelt and not noticed.
Silvia Levame
In the options, "Titian" is misspelled.
Steve Tingle
Majority vote let me down again, at least I'm not alone in not knowing.
Agnes Forder
Raphael died in 1520 it was unfinished a that time, his apprentice is thought to have completed it by 1529 for Cardinal De Medici.
ibelieverom.623
I thought Raphael, but decided to go with Majority...Foolish me.
lls
Love Raphael! Would love to go to Florence and walk where he walked...
Jaimi McEntire
Almost picked the wrong turtle!
Gery Tillmanns
We had the opportunity to see this in 2013.