La velata
Raphael · 1513
Why it's great
A woman with a long sleeve of silk and a pearly white veil looks out calmly. Raphael painted her in about 1513, and her identity is unknown, but she may be the same woman as the Fornarina.
Where to see it
📍 Galleria PalatinaFlorence, Italy
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Raphael was an Italian painter born in Urbino in 1483. He moved to Rome as a young man and painted frescoes for the Pope, as well as many gentle Madonnas and portraits, and was admired for the grace and balance of his work. He died in 1520, at the age of 37.
