2013-04-08

Raphael's Castiglione Masterpiece

Often lost in the shuffle, I reckon, is Raphael's painting of Baldassare Castiglione - the ultimate Renaissance Man who wrote the book on how to be civilized. It arguably ranks alongside The Mona Lisa.

Raphael, of course, is one of the masters of the Renaissance, who along with Leonardo Da Vinci and Michaelangelo, was commissioned by Pope Julius II in what has to be regarded the greatest art team ever assembled. Like bringing together, I don't know, Gretzky, Jordan and Ruth or (Ali or Pele or Maradona).

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