THE LAST TRIBUTE OF LEO X TO RAPHAEL 



Hand-painted Photogravure from the Painting by Pietro Michis 



Raphael, the equal in talent of any of his great contemporaries, was not 

 less a prince of good fellows than a prince of painters. He was esteemed even 

 more for urbanity, kindness of heart, and unselfishness than he was for his 

 masterly productions that will continue for all time to excite the admiration 

 of the world. His decorations of the Vatican alone would have made his fame 

 immortal, but every gallery of Europe is enriched by superb examples of his 

 genius. When he died his body lay in state in the Vatican, lamented by the 

 most exalted persons of Europe. The painting, here reproduced, shows his most 

 eminent friend, Pope Leo X, in the attitude of paying tribute to the memory 

 of the dead artist. 



