RAFFAELLO Sanzio
(b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Roma)

Ceiling

1508-11
Fresco
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

The ceiling design is attributed to Sodoma, but he painted only the central octagon and the small spaces between the tondi. Raphael painted the personifications of Philosophy, Poetry, Theology, and Justice, as well as the four large panels in the corners, whose subjects refer to the two adjacent personifications. The architectural frames and their decorations are thought to be the work of a German painter, Jan Ruysch.




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