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  • Italy
    1505
    Mona Lisa

    Raphael executed a pen-and-ink sketch

    Italy
    1505

    Circa 1505, Raphael executed a pen-and-ink sketch, in which the columns flanking the subject are more apparent. Experts universally agree that it is based on Leonardo's portrait. Other later copies of the Mona Lisa, such as those in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and The Walters Art Museum, also display large flanking columns. As a result, it was thought that the Mona Lisa had been trimmed.




  • Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
    1505
    Leonardo da Vinci

    The Battle of Anghiari

    Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
    1505

    Leonardo then spent two years in Florence designing and painting a mural of The Battle of Anghiari for the Signoria, with Michelangelo designing its companion piece, The Battle of Cascina.




  • Vatican City
    1505
    Libraries

    Cortile del Belvedere

    Vatican City
    1505

    In the 16th century Sixtus V bisected Bramante's Cortile del Belvedere with a cross-wing to house the Apostolic Library in suitable magnificence.




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