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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Portrait of a young man

After Raphael

Portrait of a young man

Sale Date: August 16, 1995

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The Holy Family

Follower of Raphael

The Holy Family

Sale Date: July 20, 1995

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La Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

La Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione

After Raphael

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

After Raphael

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Madonna del Cardellino, 1833

After Raphael

The Madonna del Cardellino, 1833

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Sistine Madonna

After Raphael

The Sistine Madonna

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Madonna and Child

After Raphael

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and the

After Raphael

The Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and the

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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Portrait of the artist

After Raphael

Portrait of the artist

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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Study of the head of the Madonna

Follower of Raphael

Study of the head of the Madonna

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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The Bridgewater Madonna

After Raphael

The Bridgewater Madonna

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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The School of Athens

After Raphael

The School of Athens

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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Madonna and Child with St. Anne and St. John the

Studio of Raphael

Madonna and Child with St. Anne and St. John the

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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Dieu créant les animaux

After Raphael

Dieu créant les animaux

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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St. Raphael

In the manner of Raphael

Sale Date: June 9, 1995

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Self portrait

After Raphael

Self portrait

Sale Date: June 9, 1995

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Die Vision des Ezechiel

Follower of Raphael

Die Vision des Ezechiel

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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Cupido e le Grazie

After Raphael

Cupido e le Grazie

Sale Date: June 6, 1995

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Portrait of Pope Julius II

After Raphael

Portrait of Pope Julius II

Sale Date: May 23, 1995

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Bridgewater Madonna

In the manner of Raphael

Bridgewater Madonna

Sale Date: May 20, 1995

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Madonna della Sedia, 1872

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1872

Sale Date: May 18, 1995

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St. Michael

After Raphael

Sale Date: May 17, 1995

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