STANZA OF THE FIRE

The Stanza takes name from the most famous fresco: the Fire in the Borgo (the quarter close to Vatican), the only one that was completely painted by Raphael, who began work on the Stanza in July of 1514 to finish it in 1517.

Given the many commitments Raphael prepared with great care drawings and cartoons for the frescoes, that with the exception of the Fire in the Borgo, is presumed to have been painted by five artists from the workshop, including certainly Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni, to be finished by the same Raphael.

The episodes depicted on the walls are: the Fire in the Borgo (1514), the Battle of Ostia (1514 – 1515), the Coronation of Charlemagne (1516 – 1517) and the Oath of Leo III (1517).

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