RaphaelItalian, 1483–1520Visitation
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Visitation” now? Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- P000300
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Museo del Prado — Raphael · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Raphael
The whole life1508–1520 · Workplace
Rome
1515
Prefect of the antiquities of Rome
Raphael was given powers as Prefect over all antiquities unearthed in Rome or within a mile of it: finds had to be reported to him within three days, and inscriptions could not be destroyed without permission. He wrote to the pope proposing ways to halt the destruction of ancient monuments and a survey to record them all.
1515
An exchange of works with Albrecht Dürer
Raphael gave Albrecht Dürer one of his drawings, and the German master sent him his self-portrait in return; its fate is unknown.
1517
Living at the Palazzo Caprini
From 1517 until his death Raphael lived in some style in the Palazzo Caprini in Rome's Borgo, a palace designed by Bramante.
1519
Offers to move an obelisk for 90,000 ducats
According to Marino Sanuto's diary, Raphael offered to move an obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus to St Peter's Square for 90,000 ducats. He also planned an archaeological map of ancient Rome, but it was never made.
