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Original fileThis detail from a wall fresco shows a painted commemorative plaque framed by a simple cartouche. Above the text, the sandaled feet of seated figures are visible, accompanied by identifying labels for Saint Scholastica and Saint Jerome. The central inscription credits Raphael of Urbino with painting the Holy Trinity and attending angels in 1505.
This inscription marks Raphael's first independent fresco commission. The work's hierarchical arrangement of the Trinity above a celestial court reflects the Neoplatonic synthesis of divine order that Raphael would later perfect in the Vatican Stanze, particularly in his 'Disputation of the Holy Sacrament'.
S · SCOLASTICHA · V · S · HYERON[IMUS] RAFAEL DEVRBINO DOMINO OCTAVI AN STEPHANIVOLATE ANO PRIO RE SANCTAM TRINITATEM ANGE LOS ASTANTES SANCTOS PINXIT A D M D V
Translation
Saint Scholastica, Virgin. Saint Jerome. Raphael of Urbino, while Lord Octavianus Stephani of Volterra was Prior, painted the Holy Trinity, the attending angels, and the saints. In the year of our Lord 1505.
Dionysius the Areopagite
Raphael's hierarchical arrangement of the Trinity and celestial beings follows the celestial hierarchies described by Dionysius, a key text for Renaissance Neoplatonists.
Object
Oil on panel
religious
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