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Battle of Ostia (Raphael's painting)

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Year
  
1514–1515

Dimensions
  
770 cm (300 in) wide

Location
  
Raphael Rooms

Period
  
High Renaissance

Type
  
Fresco

Artist
  
Raphael

Created
  
1514

Genre
  
History painting

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Part of series
  
Stanze di Raffaello Frescoes

Similar
  
Raphael artwork, Artwork at Raphael Rooms, High Renaissance artwork

The Battle of Ostia (Battaglia di Ostia) is a painting by the workshop of the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. The painting was part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the room that was named after The Fire in the Borgo, the Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo and was inspired by the naval battle fought in 849 between the Saracens and a Christian League of Papal, Neapolitan and Gaetan ships. In the painting Pope Leo IV, with the features of Pope Leo X, is giving thanks after the Arab ships were destroyed by a storm.

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Battle of Ostia (Raphael's painting) Wikipedia


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