The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia

Rafael, 1514, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna

‘The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia’ is a work by Rafael (Italy, 1483–1520). It is dated 1514. It is part of the collection Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of oil paint, panel, and transferred on canvas. It measures 220 × 136 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Mary Magdalene, woman, waist-length hair, and Saint Cecilia.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Rafael.

• The Renaissance