The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple
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Artist | Raphael |
Year | 1511–1512 |
Type | Fresco |
Dimensions | 750 cm (300 in) wide |
Location | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple is a fresco of the Italian renaissance painter Raphael. It was painted between 1511 and 1512 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the room that takes its name from it, the Stanza di Eliodoro.
The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple illustrates the biblical episode from 2 Maccabees (3:21-28). Heliodorus is ordered by Seleucus IV Philopator, the king of Syria, to seize the treasure preserved in the Temple in Jerusalem. Answering the prayers of the high priest Onias III, God sends a horseman assisted by two youths to drive Heliodorus out.
At the left, Raphael's patron
The work contains a self-portrait by Raphael, near the far left.[1]
In 1725 the baroque Italian painter Francesco Solimena[2] and 1850 the French romantic artist Eugène Delacroix each created a work based on the same story.[3]
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References
- ^ Salmi, Mario; Becherucci, Luisa; Marabottini, Alessandro; Tempesti, Anna Forlani; Marchini, Giuseppe; Becatti, Giovanni; Castagnoli, Ferdinando; Golzio, Vincenzo (1969). The Complete Work of Raphael. New York: Reynal and Co., William Morrow and Company. p. 588.
- ^ "The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple".
- ^ "The Expulsion of Heliodorus by Eugène Delacroix".
External links
- Media related to Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple by Raphael at Wikimedia Commons