1504
oil
panel
From the collection of Pinacoteca di Brera
The Marriage of the Virgin is a 1504 oil by Raphael, a High Renaissance work, depicting Joseph, held at Pinacoteca di Brera.
This painting shows a group of people gathered around a couple in the center. The man and woman are holding hands, and the woman is wearing a blue dress. The man is dressed in dark clothing and has a long white beard. The group is standing in front of a large building with columns and arches. The scene is set in a courtyard with a tiled floor. The building in the background has a dome on top and steps leading up to the entrance. The sky above is blue. The artist of this painting is Raphael.
The Marriage of the Virgin, also known as Lo Sposalizio, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Completed in 1504 for the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Città di Castello, the painting depicts a marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph. It changed hands several times before settling in 1806 at the Pinacoteca di Brera.
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In the later years of the 15th century, patrons in Citta di Castello sent three commissions to Raphael's teacher Pietro Perugino which, in Perugino's absence, were completed by Raphael. The Marriage of the Virgin, featuring the theme of the Marriage of the Virgin, was the last of these. Evidently inspired by one of Perugino's paintings, also known as Marriage of the Virgin, Raphael finished his own work, according to the date placed next to his signature, in 1504. This particular work was commissioned by Filippo degli Albezzini for his family's side altar in the church of San Francesco. It…
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Several historians have disputed that Perugino's Marriage of the Virgin preceded Raphael's, and some have suggested the painting was not Perugino's at all but instead produced after Raphael's by one of Perugino's followers. However, a 16th century documentary evidence supports the conclusion that Perugino had begun working on the painting in 1499, though it was not completed until some point after December 26, 1503. Although Raphael was heavily inspired by Perugino in painting the piece, differences between the two were remarked upon, within decades of the painting's completion, by…
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Raphael was born Raffaello Sanzio in Urbino on April 6, 1483, the son of Giovanni Santi, a painter and poet attached to the ducal court.
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