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 MADONNA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA

Sale Date: July 21, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH THE INFANT ST. JOHN

After Raphael

THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH THE INFANT ST. JOHN

Sale Date: July 16, 1992

Auction Closed

HOLY FAMILY WITH ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

After Raphael

HOLY FAMILY WITH ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Sale Date: July 16, 1992

Auction Closed

THE VISITATION

After Raphael

THE VISITATION

Sale Date: July 16, 1992

Auction Closed

HEAD OF A CHERUB

After Raphael

HEAD OF A CHERUB

Sale Date: July 9, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA AND CHILD

After Raphael

THE MADONNA AND CHILD

Sale Date: July 9, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: July 9, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: July 9, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA DI FILIGNO

After Raphael

MADONNA DI FILIGNO

Sale Date: July 9, 1992

Auction Closed

THE IMPANATA MADONNA

After Raphael

THE IMPANATA MADONNA

Sale Date: July 9, 1992

Auction Closed

A STUDY OF A HEAD IN PROFILE

Studio of Raphael

A STUDY OF A HEAD IN PROFILE

Sale Date: July 8, 1992

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A SHEET OF STUDIES OF BIBLICAL SCENES INCLUDING...

After Raphael

A SHEET OF STUDIES OF BIBLICAL SCENES INCLUDING...

Sale Date: July 8, 1992

Auction Closed

THE HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN

Follower of Raphael

THE HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN

Sale Date: July 7, 1992

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A HEAD OF A WOMAN LOOKING DOWN, WEARING A CAP

Attributed to Raphael

A HEAD OF A WOMAN LOOKING DOWN, WEARING A CAP

Sale Date: July 6, 1992

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SIBYL READING A BOOK (B. XII, 89, 6)

After Raphael

SIBYL READING A BOOK (B. XII, 89, 6)

Sale Date: June 30, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA. (DURCHMESSER 46CM)

After Raphael

MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA. (DURCHMESSER 46CM)

Sale Date: June 24, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA MIT DEM JESUSKNABEN UND SAN GIOVANNINO.

After Raphael

MADONNA MIT DEM JESUSKNABEN UND SAN GIOVANNINO.

Sale Date: June 24, 1992

Auction Closed

SACRA CONVERSAZIONE.

After Raphael

SACRA CONVERSAZIONE.

Sale Date: June 24, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA. (DURCHMESSER: 74CM)

After Raphael

MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA. (DURCHMESSER: 74CM)

Sale Date: June 23, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA OF THE CHAIR

After Raphael

MADONNA OF THE CHAIR

Sale Date: June 16, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA DI FOLIGNO

After Raphael

MADONNA DI FOLIGNO

Sale Date: June 11, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: May 26, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA DEL GRANDUCA

After Raphael

MADONNA DEL GRANDUCA

Sale Date: May 26, 1992

Auction Closed

LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS FLEEING SODOM

After Raphael

LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS FLEEING SODOM

Sale Date: May 26, 1992

Auction Closed

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