Artwork Replica St. Cecilia with Saints by Raphael - Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520, Italy) | WahooArt.com

Raphael - Raffaello Sanzio - Oil
The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia is an oil painting by Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Completed in his later years, around 1516-1517, the painting depicts Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians and Church music, listening to a choir of angels in the company of St. John, St. Paul, St. Augustine and Mary Magdalene. Commissioned for a church in Bologna, the painting now hangs there in the Pinacoteca Nazionale. The final painting differed somewhat from the pre-sketch which has evidently been preserved in a burin by Marc Antonio. In it, Raphael depicted the angels with instruments as well — harp, triangle and violin — and the figures are in very different poses. Augustine (wearing his mitre) and Paul look downward
John looks out towards the viewer
the Magdalene looks upward to the angelic host, as Celia does.