Pope Julius II orders the works of Vatican and Saint-Peter basilica

Pope Julius II Orders the Works of the Vatican from 1827 by Horace Vernet at the Louvre depicts the Renaissance pope who commissioned Raphael and Michelangelo. Vernet, the most commercially successful French painter of his era, specialized in military and historical subjects. Vernet, director of the French Academy in Rome from 1828 and one of the most prolific history painters of the 19th century, executed military and narrative subjects with the fluid technical assurance and documentary accurac

The historical scene is rendered with careful attention to period detail. Vernet's polished handling creates a convincing scene of papal patronage.