Round 2: Tossup 5

A suitor breaks a branch on his knee in a painting by this artist that resembles Perugino’s Marriage of the Virgin. This artist painted a man with a pensive expression on a green background in his Portrait of Pope Julius II, who (15[1])also (-5[1])commissioned a set of rooms named for this artist in the Apostolic Palace. This artist’s paintings decorate the (*) Stanza della Segnatura, (10[2]-5[1])including a depiction of an enthroned Jesus presiding over the (10[1])Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. In a fresco by this artist, four men watch Euclid draw a circle as Plato points upward while Aristotle gestures (10[1])forward. For 10 points, name this painter of The School of Athens. ■END■

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