Vatican Palace, Stanza della Segnatura, Disputation of the Holy Sacrament (La Disputa)
Raphael
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Alternative Title
La Disputa del Sacramento
Date
1508-1511Description
Raphael's first commission at the Vatican was to decorate the Stanza della Segnatura, a room that was almost certainly designed as the library of Pope Julius. He painted first the Disputa (disputation), a composition on three tiers representing the Church, on earth and in heaven, with the Trinity above an altar displaying the Eucharist. In the golden vault is God the Father, on the middle tier is Christ enthroned, flanked by the Virgin and St John the Baptist, with a hemicircle of seated prophets and martyrs ranged on a cloud bank. Below, surrounding the altar, are groups of disputants, including the Fathers of the Church. full view
Type of Work
Fresco (painting); Mural (any medium)Subject
Angels, Apostles, Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513, Mural painting and decoration, Popes, John, the Baptist, Saint, Sacraments, Trinity, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Christian saints, Painting, Renaissance, Jesus Christ --Family, Painting, Italian --16th century
Rights
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
Item is Part of
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