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Original fileThe elderly Pope is shown in three-quarter profile with a long white beard, wearing a red velvet camauro cap and matching mozzetta. He appears in a state of quiet contemplation, with downcast eyes and a somber expression against a dark, minimalist background. This painting is a mid-16th-century copy by Cristofano dell'Altissimo of the famous original portrait by Raphael.
Julius II was the primary patron of the Roman High Renaissance, commissioning Raphael's 'School of Athens' and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. His papacy was defined by the 'Renovatio Romae', an attempt to synthesize classical antiquity and Neoplatonic philosophy with Christian theology.
~ IULIUS · II · PONT · MAX ·
Translation
Julius II, Supreme Pontiff
Giles of Viterbo
Theologian and Neoplatonist in Julius II's court whose ideas regarding the harmony of the 'prisca theologia' influenced the Pope's artistic commissions.
Raphael
Creator of the original 1511 portrait prototype that established this specific iconography of the 'warrior pope' as a bearded sage.
Object
Oil on panel
portrait
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