Most of Raphael’s time is taken up…
1516 CE
Most of Raphael’s time is taken up by the Vatican projects, although he paints several portraits, including those of his two main patrons, the popes Julius II and his successor Leo X, the former considered one of his finest.
Other portraits are of his own friends, like Castiglione, or the immediate Papal circle.
Other rulers press for work, and King Francis I of France is sent two paintings as diplomatic gifts from the Pope.
For Agostino Chigi, the hugely rich banker and Papal Treasurer, he paints the Triumph of Galatea and designs further decorative frescoes for his Villa Farnesina, and paints two chapels in the churches of Santa Maria della Pace and Santa Maria del Popolo.
He also designs some of the decoration for the Villa Madama, the work in both villas being executed by his workshop.
His Portrait of Andrea Navagero e Agostino Beazzano, painted in 1516, is housed in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome.