New Work by Raphael Discovered in the Vatican

giovan_francesco_penni_ritratto_di_clemente_i_come_leone_x-360x430Two allegorical figures in a portrait of Pope St. Clement I, that were previously thought to have been the work of Raphael’s students, have now been determined to be the work of the master.

Hyperallergic has the story

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Lawrence Klimecki is a deacon for the diocese of Sacramento as well as a working artist, he writes on art and faith at www.DeaconLawrence.org 

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