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La Fornarina
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Portrait of Pope Urban VIII Barberini - Painting
Portrait of Stefano IV Colonna
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Square staircase
Helical staircase
Allegory of Divine Wisdom
Portable tabernacle with the Pietà, scenes of saints and martyrs
Baptism of Christ
St. Mary Magdalene
Portrait of Urban VIII
Portrait of Beatrice Cenci
Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine and saints
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La Fornarina

Raffaello Sanzio

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Barberini Palace

Barberini Palace

Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 , Rome

Closed today: open tomorrow at 10:00

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According to tradition, the woman depicted is Raphael's lover and muse: Margherita Luti, daughter of a baker from Trastevere, hence the nickname “Fornarina”. There is no news of who was the client of the work and this could support the hypothesis that Raphael painted it for himself in the last years of his life. Whether or not it is Raphael's lover, behind this imperfect face, with its marked features, there is a representation of Venus. The laying of the hands, one lying in the lap, the other on the breast, follows the model of the modest Venus of classical statuary: a gesture of modesty that nevertheless directs the observer's gaze precisely on what one would like to hide. Symbols of the goddess of love are also the woman's bracelet on which we read "Raphael Urbinas", the author's signature and a pledge of love, as well as, in the background, the myrtle bush and the quince branch, a symbol of fertility . The painting already belonged to the first owners of the building, the Sforza di Santafiora, and was one of the first to be purchased by the Barberinis.
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Title: La Fornarina

Author: Raffaello Sanzio

Date: 1520 ca.

Technique: Oil on the table

Displayed in: Barberini Palace

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