The Marriage of the Virgin, also known as Lo Sposalizio, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Completed in 1504 for the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Città di Castello, the painting depicts a marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph. It changed hands several times before settling in 1806 at the Pinacoteca di Brera.
This version of the theme by Pietro Perugino is believed to have been Raphael's inspiration.
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The Marriage of the Virgin is the subject in Christian art depicting the marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The wedding ceremony is not mentioned in the canonical Gospels but is covered in several apocryphal sources and in later redactions, notably the 14th-century compilation the Golden Legend. Unlike many other scenes in Life of the Virgin cycles, it is not a feast in the church calendar, though it sometimes has been in the past.
The Marriage of the Virgin (1304–1306) by Giotto (Scrovegni Chapel)
Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel, 1303, The Rods Brought to the Temple
Luca Signorelli, The Marriage of the Virgin, c. 1490–1491, a predella scene for his Adoration of the Magi, with the discarded rods at left.
Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel, Wedding Procession of Mary (1303)