Raphael, Triumph of Galatea (1512). Photo: Getty Images. Chigi’s clear-eyed solution was to move Luti into Raphael’s living quarters.

Raphael painted ‘The Triumph of Galatea,’ which depicts the Greek tale of Galatea and Pygmalion, for tycoon Agostino Chigi, who paid for the piece for his family villa.

Raphael, The Triumph of Galatea (1512). Photo: Getty Images. Thankfully, there are plenty of Raphael masterpieces we can all agree on. Last year, Artnet News took on the near impossible task of ...

Raphael, The Triumph of Galatea (1512). Photo: Getty Images. Raphael enjoyed the patronage of the richest man in Italy, the banking tycoon Agostino Chigi, who commissioned this fresco for his ...

Raphael learned how to make the blue pigment from ancient Roman texts. ... The Triumph of Galatea by Raphael Credit: ... which he completed around 1512-1514, ...

ROME, SEP 1 - ANSA EXCLUSIVE/ Renaissance genius Raphael recreated the ancient 'Egyptian blue' to achieve the intense blue of the sky and sea in his famed Triumph of Galatea in Rome's Villa ...