Raphael and Andrea del Sarto. (Andrea d'Agnolo after his father's professin of sarto or tailor). The works shown here, along with those in the preceding room, give a clear picture of the art the two great masters of the high Renaissance. Dominating the work of Raphael Sanzio, who sums up all the pictorial problematics of his time and opens new solutions to painting, is the celebrated Portrait of Pope Leo X (1519) seated between Cardinal Julius, his cousin, later Pope Clement VII, the two Popes of the Medici family) on the left, and on the right Ligi de' Rossi, Secretary to them both. On the left, near the window, the Portrait of Francis Maria della Rovere a youthful work; followed by a self-portrait of the artist and the Madonna of the Goldfinch, with a fine Umbrian landscape, a work of his Florentine period. On the right there follows a Portrait of Pope Julius II della Rovere, a splendid old copy.
Here, among other works, we have the well known Madonna of the Harpies (1517) by Andrea del Sarto, which has been named thus for the small harpies which form the decoration of the pedestal on which the Madonna stands. A softly chiaro-scuro composition with harmoniously arranged figures.
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