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About This Work
The painting shows a young man with long dark hair and a black beret looking over his shoulder toward the viewer. He wears a simple black doublet over a white shirt, set against a neutral, light-colored background. The artwork is presented on a deep purple museum wall alongside a transcribed sonnet written by the artist.
Raphael is the architect of the High Renaissance visual synthesis of Neoplatonism and Christianity, most notably in his 'School of Athens' fresco. This portrait provides the definitive likeness of the artist who visually codified the lineage of Western philosophy and Hermetic thought for the Vatican.
Inscriptions(Latin)
Raffaello, Circa 1508 - 1510 Amor tu m'envencasti con doi be' lume de doi bell'ochi dov'io me strugo e sface da bianca neve e da rose vivace da un bel parlar in donneschi costume. Tal che tanto ardo che ne mar ne fiumi spegnar potrian quel focho, ma non mi spiace poiché 'l mio ardor tanto di ben mi face ch'ardendo ognor più d'arder me consumi. Quanto fu dolce el giogo e la catena de' toi candidi [sic] bracci al col mio vòlti che sciogliendomi io sento mortal pen[a] D'altre cose i' [sic] non dacho che for' m[olti] che soperchia docenza amore men[a] e però taci a te i pensir rivolti.