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 Mount of Transfiguration

Style of Raphael

The Mount of Transfiguration

Sale Date: October 14, 2017

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The Massacre of the Innocents

Circle of Raphael

The Massacre of the Innocents

Sale Date: October 17, 2017

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La Vierge à l'Enfant dite La Madone du..., 1800–1899

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La Vierge à l'Enfant dite La Madone du..., 1800–1899

Sale Date: June 27, 2017

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La Escuela de Atenas

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La Escuela de Atenas

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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The fire in Borgo

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The fire in Borgo

Sale Date: March 20, 2017

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Madonna sella Sedia

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Madonna sella Sedia

Sale Date: May 12, 2017

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The fire in Borgo, 1575–1599

After Raphael

The fire in Borgo, 1575–1599

Sale Date: April 24, 2017

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Holy family

Follower of Raphael

Holy family

Sale Date: April 26, 2017

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L'Ecole d'Athènes

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L'Ecole d'Athènes

Sale Date: April 11, 2017

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The Virgin of the Chair

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The Virgin of the Chair

Sale Date: March 25, 2017

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The fire in the Borgo

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The fire in the Borgo

Sale Date: March 22, 2017

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Heiliger Michael, den Drachen tötend, 1775–1799

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Heiliger Michael, den Drachen tötend, 1775–1799

Sale Date: September 16, 2016

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Madonna della Sedia, 1800–1899

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1800–1899

Sale Date: March 11, 2017

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Continental Portrait of Saint Cecilia from..., 1850

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Continental Portrait of Saint Cecilia from..., 1850

Sale Date: March 11, 2017

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Madonna Della Sedia

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Madonna Della Sedia

Sale Date: February 23, 2017

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La vision d’Ezéchiel, 1600–1699

After Raphael

La vision d’Ezéchiel, 1600–1699

Sale Date: February 24, 2017

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Madonna della Seggiola

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Madonna della Seggiola

Sale Date: February 11, 2017

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Transfiguration

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Transfiguration

Sale Date: January 16, 2017

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PORTRAIT OF POPE LEO X

Follower of Raphael

PORTRAIT OF POPE LEO X

Sale Date: January 27, 2017

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SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING IN A ROCKY...

Follower of Raphael

SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING IN A ROCKY...

Sale Date: December 7, 2016

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THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH THE INFANT SAINT JOHN

Circle of Raphael

THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH THE INFANT SAINT JOHN

Sale Date: December 7, 2016

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The Holy Family with the Young Baptist in a...

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The Holy Family with the Young Baptist in a...

Sale Date: November 14, 2016

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La Madonna della Sedia

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La Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: November 14, 2016

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Orleans Sacred Mother [printed by Henriquel..., 1882

Raphael

Orleans Sacred Mother [printed by Henriquel..., 1882

Sale Date: November 5, 2016

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