Another of Raphaels treasures inside the Vatican

This is one of the rooms in the Vaticans Apostolic Palace painted by Raphael Sanzio. Pope Leo X commissioned the work over 500 years ago.

Raphael illustrates 52 episodes of the Old and New Testament, including the more familiar stories, but also some rarely depicted in art, like the story of creation, the sacrifice of Noah and the baptism of Jesus.

The room went down in history as "Raphael's Bible," probably because of the unique Bible episodes he chose and the style behind his brush.

Nicole Dacus
Author Le Logge di Raffaello"
ORIGINAL ITALIAN
25:03 Raphael depicts the Bible in a very simple way. He retells the story in a very clear way, very easy to understand. For him, it was a way of closing the chapter of a series of decorations he made in other rooms that were very complicated.

While the ceiling is decorated with simple yet beautiful images of the Bible, the walls are covered with classic art designs. Raphaels intention was to revive this type of art as requested by the pope.. He was inspired by the Domus Aurea, the palace of the Emperor Nero.

Leo X wanted the room as a place for leisure and a reception area for guests. The place became famous throughout Europe with a notoriety lasting almost two centuries.

Sante Bagnoli
Jaca Book Publisher
Original Spanish
18:00 Its the most reproduced Vatican work in art history. A few years after the discovery of Neros Domus Aurea, Rafael was commissioned to decorate it. And it was repeated over the centuries.


Though the room is not open to the public, replicas have been made in other parts of the world, including one in the U.S Senate in Washington. An identical one was created in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg and belonged to Catherine the Great of Russia, who after seeing the original one said she wanted one at any cost.

DG

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[chesster423]

wonderful

[meesterschilders]

placed into my playlist of Rapael...is it true that this gallery used to have an open side to a garden ?

[forestking19]

very nice!

[Lanark8]

Wonderful!!!