The Prophet Isaiah by Raphael

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by Henk Bekker

The Prophet Isaiah by Raphael in Sant'Agostino in Rome

The fresco of The Prophet Isaiah by Raphael was commissioned by Johann van Goritz (Janus Corycius) for his planned tomb in the aisle of Sant’Agostino — second right pillar from the back. Isaiah, flanked by two naked cherubs, holds a scroll inscribed in Hebrew with the words of Isaiah 16:2-3: “Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.”