Two Raphael women star in Rome show - Arts Culture and Style

2024-03-28T16:35:34.517Z

Highlights: Two Raphael women star in Rome show - Arts Culture and Style. Raphael's famed first female portrait and his even more famous last one are the stars of a new show at Palazzo Barberini. The Young Woman With A Unicorn (1505-6) is being exhibited alongside the Portrait of a Young Woman, aka La Fornarina, painted a couple of years before his death after an intemperate night of lovemaking at 37 in 1520.    The show 'Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Masterpieces From TheBorghese Gallery At Palazzi Barberini', is one of the most eagerly awaited exhibits in the Italian capital this year.

Raphael's famed first female portrait and his even more famous last one are the stars of a new show at Palazzo Barberini that is hosting 50 works from the Galleria Borghese until June 30 as the storied Roman museum undergoes EU-funded restoration. (HANDLE)