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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Self portrait

After Raphael

Self portrait

Sale Date: July 4, 2006

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Head of the Madonna, in three-quarter profile to

Raphael

Head of the Madonna, in three-quarter profile to

Sale Date: July 4, 2006

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The Marraige of the Virgin

Raphael

The Marraige of the Virgin

Sale Date: July 5, 2006

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La sacra famiglia, 1600

After Raphael

La sacra famiglia, 1600

Sale Date: June 20, 2006

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Madonna dela Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna dela Sedia

Sale Date: June 8, 2006

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Kain und Abel opfern Gott

After Raphael

Kain und Abel opfern Gott

Sale Date: May 26, 2006

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Die Madonna del Divino Amore

Follower of Raphael

Die Madonna del Divino Amore

Sale Date: May 20, 2006

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

Studio of Raphael

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

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Lot and his Daughters fleeing the Destruction of

After Raphael

Lot and his Daughters fleeing the Destruction of

Sale Date: April 25, 2006

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: April 25, 2006

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: April 25, 2006

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Die Hl. Familie mit Lamm

After Raphael

Die Hl. Familie mit Lamm

Sale Date: December 9, 2005

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Bildnis der Magdalena Donis, 1872

After Raphael

Bildnis der Magdalena Donis, 1872

Sale Date: December 9, 2005

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Madonna mit Kind

Raphael

Madonna mit Kind

Sale Date: April 12, 2006

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: April 12, 2006

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Madonna mit Jesuskind und Johannesknaben...

After Raphael

Madonna mit Jesuskind und Johannesknaben...

Sale Date: April 12, 2006

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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La Madonne à la chaise, 1800–1899

After Raphael

La Madonne à la chaise, 1800–1899

Sale Date: February 1, 2006

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The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia, 1865

After Raphael

The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia, 1865

Sale Date: February 22, 2006

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Sixtinska Madonnan

After Raphael

Sixtinska Madonnan

Sale Date: February 6, 2006

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Madonna della Seggiola, 1900–1999

After Raphael

Madonna della Seggiola, 1900–1999

Sale Date: February 7, 2006

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Madonna della Seggiola, 1900–1999

After Raphael

Madonna della Seggiola, 1900–1999

Sale Date: February 7, 2006

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Putto with a garland bearing a plaque

Follower of Raphael

Putto with a garland bearing a plaque

Sale Date: January 25, 2006

Auction Closed

Madonna della Sedia, 1850

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1850

Sale Date: January 22, 2006

Auction Closed

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