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==History and current location== | ==History and current location== | ||
Giulio de' Medici commissioned the painting for | Giulio de' Medici commissioned the painting in 1517 for the French Cathedral of Narbonne, but it remained in Rome in San Pietro in Montorio after 1523. Napoleon had it taken to Paris in 1797, and it was brought back to the Vatican in 1815. It is now displayed at the Vatican Museum, Vatican, Rome [Italy]. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 20:41, 15 August 2010
Transfiguration of Jesus (1520) is a painting by Raphael.
Abstract
By including the Miracle of the Possessed Boy, Raphael transformed the intimate mystical experience of the Transfiguration into a public event.
History and current location
Giulio de' Medici commissioned the painting in 1517 for the French Cathedral of Narbonne, but it remained in Rome in San Pietro in Montorio after 1523. Napoleon had it taken to Paris in 1797, and it was brought back to the Vatican in 1815. It is now displayed at the Vatican Museum, Vatican, Rome [Italy].