Commission Proposed By Atalanta Baglioni

To some extent, this famous painting reproductions was composed of 2 pieces of rough sketch, say, carrying away the body of Jesus for the left part and the fainting Virgin for the right part. The right part was added since Atalanta asked Raphael to show her deep grief over the lost son. The magic here is that Raphael painted the guy on the right side leaning to the opposite direction, who carrying Jesus was supposed to tilt to the left, so that readers cannot see structural disharmony painting reproductions china between two sketches but a total complete and wonderful masterpiece. There is no doubt that Raphael paintings, with Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino as his full name, is an enormously productive Italian painter.

Raphael took this commission asked by Atalanta and spent 2 years to finish this excellent painting, The Deposition.