"Astronomy" (1508), Rome, Vaticani
Museums, Hall of the Marking.
The fresco of Rafael represents, according to a recent hypothesis,
the sky in Rome to the moment of the election to pontifical of
Giulio I, happened onI October 31, 1503, three hours after the
sunset. The pope of the Oak was so confident in the prognostications
of the astrologers, that postponed the day of his own crowning to
attend a favorable sky.
