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

Raphael (1,621 results)

The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, Infant St....

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The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, Infant St....

Sale Date: July 4, 1996

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John...

After Raphael

The Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John...

Sale Date: July 4, 1996

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La fornarina

After Raphael

Sale Date: July 4, 1996

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Two putti supporting the beam of a ceiling

Raphael

Two putti supporting the beam of a ceiling

Sale Date: July 3, 1996

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La rencontre de Léon 1er et d'Attila

After Raphael

La rencontre de Léon 1er et d'Attila

Sale Date: June 28, 1996

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Gott erscheint Isaak

School of Raphael

Gott erscheint Isaak

Sale Date: June 21, 1996

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Darstellung der hl. Maria mit dem Christuskind

After Raphael

Darstellung der hl. Maria mit dem Christuskind

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Kristus Ecce Agnus Dei

After Raphael

Kristus Ecce Agnus Dei

Sale Date: June 4, 1996

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Den Sixtinske Madonna

After Raphael

Den Sixtinske Madonna

Sale Date: June 4, 1996

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La Fornarina

After Raphael

Sale Date: May 29, 1996

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Madonna della tenda

After Raphael

Madonna della tenda

Sale Date: May 29, 1996

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Dancing muses

Manner/Style of Raphael

Dancing muses

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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Madonna and Child

After Raphael

Madonna and Child

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John...

Manner/Style of Raphael

The Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John...

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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Madonna of the chair

After Raphael

Madonna of the chair

Sale Date: May 17, 1996

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Portrait of Giovanna of Aragon in her chamber

After Raphael

Portrait of Giovanna of Aragon in her chamber

Sale Date: May 15, 1996

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Saint Mary of Egypt

Raphael

Saint Mary of Egypt

Sale Date: April 19, 1996

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A man carrying a ram on his back surrounded..., 1510

Follower of Raphael

A man carrying a ram on his back surrounded..., 1510

Sale Date: April 18, 1996

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L'Aveuglement d'Elymas

Studio of Raphael

L'Aveuglement d'Elymas

Sale Date: April 15, 1996

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The violinist

After Raphael

The violinist

Sale Date: April 2, 1996

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Die Grablegung Christi

After Raphael

Die Grablegung Christi

Sale Date: March 6, 1996

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The Canigiani Holy Family

After Raphael

The Canigiani Holy Family

Sale Date: February 29, 1996

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La belle jardinière

After Raphael

La belle jardinière

Sale Date: February 27, 1996

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Angel

After Raphael

Sale Date: February 25, 1996

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