At the Borghese Gallery…so many iconic paintings, including many that are distasteful to me.  But this one…I thought I could turn around and perhaps see him behind me in the gallery.  Don’t we all know someone who resembles him?  He looks ordinary and materially real.  So I liked this one, and felt like thanking Raphael for painting just a human.  A human.  A real live person.  Well, the painter kept him alive for us, don’t you think?  What a lovely thing to do.