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 (1,621 results)
Madonna mit der Nelke (Madonna dei garofani)

School of Raphael

Madonna mit der Nelke (Madonna dei garofani)

Sale Date: April 16, 2008

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Madonna mit Kind

After Raphael

Madonna mit Kind

Sale Date: March 13, 2008

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Madonna mit Kind und Johannesknaben

After Raphael

Madonna mit Kind und Johannesknaben

Sale Date: March 13, 2008

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: February 19, 2008

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The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and...

After Raphael

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and...

Sale Date: February 19, 2008

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The Colonna Madonna

After Raphael

The Colonna Madonna

Sale Date: February 17, 2008

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Portrait of a young woman

Raphael

Portrait of a young woman

Sale Date: February 2, 2008

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

After Raphael

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

Sale Date: February 12, 2008

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The Madonna of Divine Love

After Raphael

The Madonna of Divine Love

Sale Date: February 12, 2008

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Head of a youth in profile to the left, Cartoon...

Follower of Raphael

Head of a youth in profile to the left, Cartoon...

Sale Date: January 24, 2008

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Die heilige Familie mit dem Johannesknaben in...

School of Raphael

Die heilige Familie mit dem Johannesknaben in...

Sale Date: December 11, 2007

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The Madonna di Foligno

After Raphael

The Madonna di Foligno

Sale Date: December 4, 2007

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The widow's mite, 1483–1520

After Raphael

The widow's mite, 1483–1520

Sale Date: November 22, 2007

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The Madonna and Child in a landscape (La belle...

Circle of Raphael

The Madonna and Child in a landscape (La belle...

Sale Date: December 6, 2007

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Madonna mit Kind und Johannesknaben..., 1700–1799

After Raphael

Madonna mit Kind und Johannesknaben..., 1700–1799

Sale Date: October 30, 2007

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La visitazione

After Raphael

La visitazione

Sale Date: November 6, 2007

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: November 1, 2007

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Maria mit Johannes und Jesus als Knaben

Raphael

Maria mit Johannes und Jesus als Knaben

Sale Date: November 9, 2007

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The Sistine Madonna

After Raphael

The Sistine Madonna

Sale Date: November 1, 2007

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The Colonna Madonna

After Raphael

The Colonna Madonna

Sale Date: November 1, 2007

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Follower of Raphael

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: November 1, 2007

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The meeting of the infants Christ and St. John...

After Raphael

The meeting of the infants Christ and St. John...

Sale Date: August 4, 2007

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Biblical scenes from the Vatican (46..., 1700–1799

After Raphael

Biblical scenes from the Vatican (46..., 1700–1799

Sale Date: July 12, 2007

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Madonna Della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna Della Sedia

Sale Date: July 17, 2007

Auction Closed

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