The rapture of Saint Cecilia
The Rapture of Saint Cecilia is a painting by Raphael .
The altarpiece was designed for the Church of San Giovanni in Monte in Bologna. The client was the Bolognese noblewoman Elena Buglioli dall'Olio.
description
The picture shows in the manner of a sacra conversazione St. Cäcilia with a portative in the company of St. Paul with the sword, Johannes Evangelista with the eagle as an attribute , Augustine dressed as a bishop and with the crosier and Mary Magdalene with the ointment vessel.
The clouds of heaven open up above the group and reveal a choir of singing angels. Musical instruments are scattered in front of the gathering of the saints, including flutes, cymbals, tambourines, a triangle and a large string instrument.
history
Napoleon Bonaparte deported the painting to Paris in 1798. In 1815 it returned to Italy. Today it is kept in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna , inv. 577.
Individual evidence
literature
- Brizio, AM (1965): "La Santa Cecilia di Raffaello", Arte Lombarda , No. 10, 2.