Another Proof That Raphael Was a Genius

In 1505, Raphael painted this portrait when he was just twenty-one years old. For more than five hundred years, it has been one of the most mysterious works in the history of Renaissance art. What most people do not know is that the painting we see today is not the painting Raphael originally created. Beneath the unicorn, there is a dog. And for more than two hundred years, both were hidden under layers of paint that transformed the entire work into something else entirely. In this video we explore the three versions of this painting, why someone decided to hide the unicorn, and why Raphael replaced the dog in the first place. ► Shop "Young Woman with a Unicorn" (1505-06) at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/products/portrait-of-a-young-woman-with-a-unicorn-raphael-1505-06 ► Shop Art Prints & Canvas at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collections/shop-all ► Shop Fine Art Phone Cases at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collections/iphone-cases → Join our FREE newsletter: https://www.inspiraggio.com/pages/newsletter → Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiraggio → Contact: [email protected] 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Young Woman with a Unicorn 1:39 X-Ray Analysis 2:38 After Restoration 4:21 Who Is This Woman? 5:37 Mona Lisa SOURCES Galleria Borghese — Official entry https://www.collezionegalleriaborghese.it/en/opere/lady-with-unicorn Daily Art Magazine — "Masterpiece Story: Young Woman with Unicorn by Raphael" https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/masterpiece-story-portrait-of-young-woman-with-unicorn-by-raphael-and-its-mysteries/ Wikipedia — Portrait of a Young Woman with a Unicorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Woman_with_Unicorn The Mona Lisa Foundation — Leonardo da Vinci's influence on Raphael https://monalisa.org/2012/09/07/the-influence-of-leonardo-da-vinci-on-raffaello-sanzio-da-urbino/ #arthistory #art Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.