RaphaelItalian, 1483–1520Thomas
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Albertina
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
Sources
- Albertina: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Albertina — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, 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.
1516–1520
Paints “The Transfiguration”
Raphael's last masterpiece: above, the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor before the apostles Peter, James and John; below, the apostles and the possessed boy, a part completed by Giulio Romano from the master's sketches. The unfinished painting stood at the head of the dead artist's bed.
1520
His last illness and a fatal bloodletting
Vasari blamed Raphael's death on debauchery, but modern researchers attribute it to a respiratory illness with high fever. A medical error proved fatal: doctors sent by the pope misdiagnosed him and tried to bring down the fever by bloodletting.
1520
His will: the studio to Giulio Romano and Penni
In the fifteen days of his illness Raphael was composed enough to confess, receive the last rites and dictate his will: he left money for his mistress's care in the hands of his loyal servant Baviera, most of his studio to Giulio Romano and Penni, and asked to be buried in the Pantheon.
6 April 1520
Died
