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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Saint Margaret of Antioch

After Raphael

Saint Margaret of Antioch

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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Grablegung Christi, 1600–1600

After Raphael

Grablegung Christi, 1600–1600

Sale Date: September 29, 1999

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The Adoration

After Raphael

The Adoration

Sale Date: September 25, 1999

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The Madonna della Seggiola

After Raphael

The Madonna della Seggiola

Sale Date: September 21, 1999

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La Vierge au chardonneret, 1800–1800

After Raphael

La Vierge au chardonneret, 1800–1800

Sale Date: July 10, 1999

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The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia

After Raphael

The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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Head of a man looking up to the left

Circle of Raphael

Head of a man looking up to the left

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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Madonna della Seggiola, 1800–1899

After Raphael

Madonna della Seggiola, 1800–1899

Sale Date: June 9, 1999

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Saint John the Baptist, 1600–1600

Follower of Raphael

Saint John the Baptist, 1600–1600

Sale Date: May 28, 1999

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The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

After Raphael

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Sale Date: May 26, 1999

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Gravläggningen

After Raphael

Gravläggningen

Sale Date: May 26, 1999

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Retrato de un joven con una capa de piel, una...

After Raphael

Retrato de un joven con una capa de piel, una...

Sale Date: May 25, 1999

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Galatea, 1675–1699

After Raphael

Galatea, 1675–1699

Sale Date: May 25, 1999

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La batalla del puente Milvio

After Raphael

La batalla del puente Milvio

Sale Date: May 25, 1999

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La Vierge à l'oeillet, 1600–1699

Follower of Raphael

La Vierge à l'oeillet, 1600–1699

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Portrait of a woman wearing a yellow dress...

Follower of Raphael

Portrait of a woman wearing a yellow dress...

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Untitled

After Raphael

Untitled

Sale Date: May 2, 1999

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Madonna and Child with the infant John the Baptist

In the manner of Raphael

Madonna and Child with the infant John the Baptist

Sale Date: April 15, 1999

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The Madonna and Child

After Raphael

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: April 14, 1999

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Christ on the Road to Calvary

After Raphael

Christ on the Road to Calvary

Sale Date: April 14, 1999

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La Sainte Famille avec Saint Jean..., 1600–1600

After Raphael

La Sainte Famille avec Saint Jean..., 1600–1600

Sale Date: March 28, 1999

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Ora prima di giorno, 1775–1799

After Raphael

Ora prima di giorno, 1775–1799

Sale Date: March 28, 1999

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La trasfigurazione, 1600–1699

Follower of Raphael

La trasfigurazione, 1600–1699

Sale Date: March 24, 1999

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Heilige Familie mit Johannes dem Täufer

After Raphael

Heilige Familie mit Johannes dem Täufer

Sale Date: March 24, 1999

Auction Closed

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