Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’Medici and Luigi de’Rossi

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Contributor

Delfina Pattacini

Artwork Metadata

Artist

Raphael

Title

Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’Medici and Luigi de’Rossi

Date

1518

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

119.5 x 155.5 cm

Present Location

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Identifier (Original or Copy)

Original

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

11 December 1475

Birthplace

Florence, Italy

Death Date

1 December 1521

Occupation

Pope

Biographical Text

Giovanni de' Medici the second son of Lorenzo de' Medici (the magnificent) , became Pope at the age of 37.He was a significant patron of the arts, in fact he made the rebuilt of the Saint Peter's Basilica possible.

Bibliography

Vasari, Giorgio, Julia Conaway. Bondanella, and Peter E. Bondanella. "Michelangelo." The Lives of the Artists. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. N. pag. Print.

Condivi, Ascanio, and Hellmut Wohl. The Life of Michel-Angelo. 2nd ed. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State UP, 1999. Print.

Hibbard, Howard. Michelangelo. Cambridge, MA: Harper & Row, 1985. Print.

Citation

“Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’Medici and Luigi de’Rossi,” Fordham Art History , accessed November 28, 2023, https://michelangelo.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/29.

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