Raphael

(Italian, 1483–1520)

Raphael was a seminal Italian painter of the High Renaissance period. Admired for his ability to organize forms and color into clear and graceful compositions, Raphael portrayed scenes with delicate lines and subtle shading, evoking a Platonic ideal of serenity and beauty. In perhaps his best-known work, The Sistine Madonna (1513-1514), the artist conveyed an elaborate scene in which wistful cherubs gaze up at the Virgin Mary, two saints, and her son. Born Raffaello Sanzio on April 6, 1483 in Urbino, Italy, his father was the painter Giovanni Santi who became the young artist’s first instructor. By the age of 17, Raphael was already considered a precocious talent, producing paintings influenced by the work Piero della Francesca. Around the year 1500, he apprenticed with Pietro Perugino, helping the elder artist to produce an important fresco commission in Perugia, an experience that had a profound influence on the young Raphael. Moving to Florence in 1504, he was immersed in the milieu of the one the great epochs of art history, while in the city he studied the works of both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Called by Pope Julius II to Rome in 1508, Rapahel was hired to complete a cycle of frescoes in the papal apartments inside the Vatican, he would live in the city the next 12 years. The artist died on his 37th birthday on April 6, 1520 in Rome, Italy. According to his biographer Giorgio Vasari, Raphael’s premature death was caused by a fever brought on by excessive lovemaking with his mistress Luti. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.

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Raphael Artworks

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Raphael (1,621 results)
Madonna Terranuova

In the manner of Raphael

Madonna Terranuova

Sale Date: May 18, 2015

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Madonna del Passeggio

Raphael

Madonna del Passeggio

Sale Date: May 5, 2015

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Madonna del Granduca

After Raphael

Madonna del Granduca

Sale Date: May 5, 2015

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: April 15, 2015

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The Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Pysche

After Raphael

The Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Pysche

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Venus and Jupiter

After Raphael

Venus and Jupiter

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Madonna mit Kind, 1470

Attributed to Raphael

Madonna mit Kind, 1470

Sale Date: April 21, 2015

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Madonna dell'Impannata

After Raphael

Madonna dell'Impannata

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Madonna and Child with John the Baptist as a child

After Raphael

Madonna and Child with John the Baptist as a child

Sale Date: March 25, 2015

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Madonna del Cardellino (The Madonna with the

After Raphael

Madonna del Cardellino (The Madonna with the

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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The Holy Family (La Perla)

After Raphael

The Holy Family (La Perla)

Sale Date: March 22, 2015

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La Grande Sainte Famille de François Ier

After Raphael

La Grande Sainte Famille de François Ier

Sale Date: February 28, 2015

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG WITH PAINTING, 1800–1899

After Raphael

A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG WITH PAINTING, 1800–1899

Sale Date: February 28, 2015

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Trasfigurazione

Raphael

Trasfigurazione

Sale Date: December 13, 2014

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Madonna della sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della sedia

Sale Date: January 29, 2015

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Madonna del Passeggio, 1800

After Raphael

Madonna del Passeggio, 1800

Sale Date: November 8, 2014

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Vierge à l’Enfant, 1600

Circle of Raphael

Vierge à l’Enfant, 1600

Sale Date: January 12, 2015

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Vierge à l’Enfant, 1800

After Raphael

Vierge à l’Enfant, 1800

Sale Date: January 12, 2015

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Loth et ses filles fuyant Sodome

After Raphael

Loth et ses filles fuyant Sodome

Sale Date: November 28, 2014

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Mosè fa scaturire l'acqua dalla roccia

After Raphael

Mosè fa scaturire l'acqua dalla roccia

Sale Date: November 29, 2014

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The Holy Family (La Perla)

After Raphael

The Holy Family (La Perla)

Sale Date: November 16, 2014

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Christuskind met de jonge Johannes de Doper

After Raphael

Christuskind met de jonge Johannes de Doper

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: October 28, 2014

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Die Sixtinische Madonna

After Raphael

Die Sixtinische Madonna

Sale Date: September 27, 2014

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