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)
The sacrifice of Listra

After Raphael

The sacrifice of Listra

Sale Date: December 11, 2001

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Massacre des Innocents

After Raphael

Massacre des Innocents

Sale Date: December 11, 2001

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The Virgin and St. Anne

After Raphael

The Virgin and St. Anne

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Heilige Familie in weiter karger Landschaft

Follower of Raphael

Heilige Familie in weiter karger Landschaft

Sale Date: December 6, 2001

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La Vierge à l'Enfant dite la Madone de..., 1550–1550

Follower of Raphael

La Vierge à l'Enfant dite la Madone de..., 1550–1550

Sale Date: December 3, 2001

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Porträtt av påven Leo X

After Raphael

Porträtt av påven Leo X

Sale Date: November 28, 2001

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Die Heilige Jungfrau mit dem Jesuskind..., 1800–1899

Follower of Raphael

Die Heilige Jungfrau mit dem Jesuskind..., 1800–1899

Sale Date: November 28, 2001

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Kristi himmelfart

In the manner of Raphael

Kristi himmelfart

Sale Date: November 28, 2001

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Paulus og Barnabus foran statholderen Sergius...

Style of Raphael

Paulus og Barnabus foran statholderen Sergius...

Sale Date: November 28, 2001

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Madonna della Sedia, 1800–1899

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1800–1899

Sale Date: November 10, 2001

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The Madonna of the Goldfinch, 1800–1899

After Raphael

The Madonna of the Goldfinch, 1800–1899

Sale Date: October 31, 2001

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: October 30, 2001

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Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John

After Raphael

Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John

Sale Date: October 11, 2001

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The Madonna and Child

Circle of Raphael

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: July 11, 2001

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The Holy Family with Saint Anna and the Infant...

After Raphael

The Holy Family with Saint Anna and the Infant...

Sale Date: July 10, 2001

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La Grande Sainte Famille

Follower of Raphael

La Grande Sainte Famille

Sale Date: July 2, 2001

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The Boy John the Baptist in the Desert

After Raphael

The Boy John the Baptist in the Desert

Sale Date: June 23, 2001

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Ritratto di Giuliano de' Medici Duca di Nemours

Follower of Raphael

Ritratto di Giuliano de' Medici Duca di Nemours

Sale Date: June 12, 2001

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: June 9, 2001

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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: May 29, 2001

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Madonna con Bambino, San Giovannino e donatore

After Raphael

Madonna con Bambino, San Giovannino e donatore

Sale Date: May 22, 2001

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La Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino

Follower of Raphael

La Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino

Sale Date: May 18, 2001

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The ecstasy of St. Cecilia

After Raphael

The ecstasy of St. Cecilia

Sale Date: May 16, 2001

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Cupid and Psyche, 1516–1518

After Raphael

Cupid and Psyche, 1516–1518

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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