some rich guy
1515
Because the Farnese family commissioned him to.
It is not recorded who commissioned it.
Yes. People commissioned portraits from him.
It was not a matter of liking. As a painter you painted what people commissioned from you.
Many people paid him to paint their portraits, some works were commissioned by churches. But the very large fresco works in the Vatican were commissioned by Pope Julius II, as was the Sistine Madonna.
It was painted by Raphael in the Vatican.
Titian was the painter of "Bacchus and Ariane". However, Raphael was originally commissioned for the painting.
Titian was the painter of "Bacchus and Ariane". However, Raphael was originally commissioned for the painting.
Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Raphael died on his 37th birthday. His funeral mass was celebrated at the Vatican, his Transfiguration was placed at the head of the bier, and his body was buried in the Pantheon in Rome.
Raphael had already produced several minor works in northern Italy so already was beginning to be recognized. When he moved to Rome in 1508 Pope Julius III, probably at the urging of architect Donato Bramante, commissioned Raphael to produce a fresco in what was intended to become the Pope's private library at the Vatican Palace. Working for the pope, especially on a major work of art, was a guarantee of becoming well known. Many artists from this period gained their fame because of work they were commissioned to do by the Vatican.