Disputation of the Holy Sacrament

Disputation of the Sacrament
ArtistRaphael
Year1509–1510
TypeFresco
Dimensions500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in)
LocationApostolic Palace, Vatican Museums, Vatican City

The Disputation of the Sacrament (Italian: La disputa del sacramento), or Disputa, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1510[1] as the first part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. At the time, this room was known as the Stanza della Segnatura, and was the private papal library where the supreme papal tribunal met.[2]

  1. ^ Raphael, Phaidon Publishers, 1948, p. 24.
  2. ^ Adams, Italian Renaissance Art, p. 344