Castel Sant'Angelo
Rome Italy
2016

Raffaello da Montelupo (c. 1504/1505 – c. 1566/1567), born Raffaele Sinibaldi, was a sculptor and architect of the Italian Renaissance, and an apprentice of Michelangelo. He was the son of another Italian sculptor, Baccio da Montelupo. Both father and son are profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (or, in English, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects).
Raffaello was born in Montelupo Fiorentino, near Florence.
For the chapel constructed by Leo X at the fortress of Castel Sant'Angelo, Raffaello created a Madonna. In addition, he sculpted a marble statue of Saint Michael holding his sword, designed to stand atop the Castel. (Legend holds that in 590 the Archangel appeared atop what was then the mausoleum of Hadrian, sheathing his sword as a sign of the end of the Roman plague, thus lending the fortress its present name). Raffaello's St. Michael was later replaced by a bronze statue of the same subject, executed by Flemish sculptor Peter Anton von Verschaffelt in 1753. His version may still be seen in an open court in the interior of the fortress.

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We had two rules when we were in Rome. The first one is if you pass a church, go in. And the second was if you see an angel, take a photograph. And it was impossible, actually, to stick to this as both are so prevalent. But we made a valiant effort. This is one of my favourite angels. It’s in the Castel Sant’Angelo and is by Raffaello da Montelupo.
Meanwhile, this statue was originally meant to be the cake topper for the Castel Sant’Angelo so to speak, but was replaced by the current one by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt in 1753.