1512, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple -- Vatican Museums (Rome)
From the museum label: The Expulsion of Heliodorus, from which the room takes its name, illustrates the biblical episode of Heliodorus, Chancellor for King Seleucus of Syria, sent to steal the treasure from the Temple of Jerusalem (II Macchabes, 3, 21-28). In answer to the prayer of the High Priest Onias, God sent an horseman and two youths to seize Heliodorus and expel him from the temple. The reigning pope witnesses the scene from his mobile throne, born on the shoulders of his bearers. The one at the left has the features of Marcantonio Raimondi, Raphael's engraver and friend, whereas the bearer on the right resembles the artist himself.
Link to a cartoon for this painting, from the Louvre Museum collection.
Link to other Raphael paintings.
1512, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple -- Vatican Museums (Rome)
From the museum label: The Expulsion of Heliodorus, from which the room takes its name, illustrates the biblical episode of Heliodorus, Chancellor for King Seleucus of Syria, sent to steal the treasure from the Temple of Jerusalem (II Macchabes, 3, 21-28). In answer to the prayer of the High Priest Onias, God sent an horseman and two youths to seize Heliodorus and expel him from the temple. The reigning pope witnesses the scene from his mobile throne, born on the shoulders of his bearers. The one at the left has the features of Marcantonio Raimondi, Raphael's engraver and friend, whereas the bearer on the right resembles the artist himself.
Link to a cartoon for this painting, from the Louvre Museum collection.
Link to other Raphael paintings.