Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Fire in the Borgo
Alternate Title:
Stanza dell'incendio di Borgo; Fire in the Borgo
Image View:
Detail, crowds thank the Pope from below his loggia
Creator:
Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520) and workshop
Location:
repository: Vatican Palace (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
Location Note:
Apostolic Palace; Stanza dell'incendio di Borgo
GPS:
41.903611 12.456389
Date:
1514 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
670 cm (width, at base)
Subjects:
cycles or series; historical; rulers and leaders; Leo IV, Pope, -855; Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521; Popes
Description:
The four Stanze of Raphael form a suite of reception rooms, the public part of the papal apartments in the Palace of the Vatican. The Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo was prepared as a music room for Julius' successor, Leo X. The frescos depict events from the lives of Popes Leo III and Leo IV. Though the Fire in the Borgo fresco was based on Raphael's mature designs it was executed by his assistants, who painted the other three paintings without his guidance. It depicts Pope Leo IV making the sign of the cross to extinguish a raging fire in the Borgo district of Rome near the Vatican. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-RS-VM-FITB-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Fire in the Borgo