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The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

Stanza di Eliodoro. The Seleucid Heliodorus is struck down by a heavenly rider and two angels as he attempts to loot the Temple treasury in Jerusalem.

The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple
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About Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

1483–1520 · Italian

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino — called Raphael — was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His Vatican Stanze frescoes (1509–1514), the Sistine Chapel tapestry cartoons (1515–1516), and the Transfiguration (1520) established him alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo as a defining master of Christian art. His Madonnas — the Sistine, the Alba, the Belle Jardinière, the Madonna della Seggiola — became the image of the Virgin for centuries.