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)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the...

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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the...

Sale Date: July 1, 2013

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Madonna dell'Impannata

After Raphael

Madonna dell'Impannata

Sale Date: June 25, 2013

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Madonna della Sedia, 1880

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1880

Sale Date: June 11, 2013

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La Donna Velata

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La Donna Velata

Sale Date: June 18, 2013

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Madonna Tempi, 1700–1733

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Madonna Tempi, 1700–1733

Sale Date: May 18, 2013

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Logge vaticane (4 works)

After Raphael

Logge vaticane (4 works)

Sale Date: May 22, 2013

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Madonna mit der Nelke, 1506–1508

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Madonna mit der Nelke, 1506–1508

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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Trasfigurazione (Pittore nazareno a Roma)

After Raphael

Trasfigurazione (Pittore nazareno a Roma)

Sale Date: April 22, 2013

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L'incendie de Borgo

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L'incendie de Borgo

Sale Date: April 13, 2013

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Les Pilastres des Loges du Vatican par..., 1774–1776

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Les Pilastres des Loges du Vatican par..., 1774–1776

Sale Date: April 22, 2013

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La Vierge à l'enfant avec Saint Jean Baptiste

Follower of Raphael

La Vierge à l'enfant avec Saint Jean Baptiste

Sale Date: April 14, 2013

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Madonna mit Kind und dem kleinen Hl. Johannes...

After Raphael

Madonna mit Kind und dem kleinen Hl. Johannes...

Sale Date: March 26, 2013

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Kinderkopf

Workshop of Raphael

Kinderkopf

Sale Date: March 22, 2013

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Les Loges de Raphaël au Vatican (in 2..., 1775–1825

After Raphael

Les Loges de Raphaël au Vatican (in 2..., 1775–1825

Sale Date: February 27, 2013

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria

After Raphael

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Madonna del Cardellino, 1858

After Raphael

Madonna del Cardellino, 1858

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Saint Benedict receiving Maurus and Placidus

Raphael

Saint Benedict receiving Maurus and Placidus

Sale Date: January 30, 2013

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Circle of Raphael

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: January 31, 2013

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Portrait de femme

Follower of Raphael

Portrait de femme

Sale Date: December 15, 2012

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Virgin and child

Raphael

Virgin and child

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Bildnis des Bindo Altoviti

After Raphael

Bildnis des Bindo Altoviti

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Den heliga familjen under ekträdet

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Den heliga familjen under ekträdet

Sale Date: December 4, 2012

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Le sacrifice de Lystra, 1800–1999

After Raphael

Le sacrifice de Lystra, 1800–1999

Sale Date: December 3, 2012

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Saint Luke painting the Madonna, en grisaille

After Raphael

Saint Luke painting the Madonna, en grisaille

Sale Date: December 4, 2012

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