# Dome of the Chigi Chapel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Fresco and mosaics

## Commentary

The dome holds an imposing central figure of God the Father, who hovers above the chapel in an audaciously illusionistic pose. The figural decoration of the dome was carried out in mosaics; personifications of the planets are interspersed with gilded stucco ornamentation.

## Related artworks

- [A Group of Nude Men](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-group-of-nude-men-r02875d889ef1ae>)
- [A Group of Warriors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-group-of-warriors-re9597bd18b1b6c>)
- [A nude man advancing to the right \(verso\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-nude-man-advancing-to-the-right-verso-r10d1d88f996ed8>)
- [A Soldier before the Cell of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-soldier-before-the-cell-of-st-peter-r53ba61c328af3e>)
- [A Youthful Warrior \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-youthful-warrior-recto-rb384ca81f90665>)
- [Adam and Eve \(ceiling panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/adam-and-eve-ceiling-panel-r2f4fa75860c739>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/aerial-view-re570abb5db68ac>)
- [Aldobrandini Madonna \(Garvagh Madonna\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/aldobrandini-madonna-garvagh-madonna-r1f0b7cf1744735>)
- [Allegory \(The Knight&#39;s Dream\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/allegory-the-knights-dream-r6c9ba9cafbe37e>)
- [Amorini at play \(verso\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/amorini-at-play-verso-rdd68b1261b12f6>)
- [An Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/an-angel-ra36424d25e0044>)
- [Angel \(fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/angel-fragment-of-the-baronci-altarpiece-rf740d870bc7dfc>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)