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)
Head of a Young Apostle

Raphael

Head of a Young Apostle

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Stehender Akt, eine Posaune blasend

School of Raphael

Stehender Akt, eine Posaune blasend

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, 1514

After Raphael

Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, 1514

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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The Madonna of the Chair

After Raphael

The Madonna of the Chair

Sale Date: October 24, 2012

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The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia - 3 fragments

After Raphael

The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia - 3 fragments

Sale Date: October 30, 2012

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The Madonna of the Goldfinch

After Raphael

The Madonna of the Goldfinch

Sale Date: October 30, 2012

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Amor poetico e amor nobile (2 works)

After Raphael

Amor poetico e amor nobile (2 works)

Sale Date: October 17, 2012

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The Holy Family with Infant Saint John the Baptist

After Raphael

The Holy Family with Infant Saint John the Baptist

Sale Date: October 24, 2012

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: October 9, 2012

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Bildnis von Lorenzo II. de'Medici (1492-1519)

Workshop of Raphael

Bildnis von Lorenzo II. de'Medici (1492-1519)

Sale Date: October 17, 2012

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: September 5, 2012

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Head of the Madonna from Madonna of the , 1800–1825

After Raphael

Head of the Madonna from Madonna of the , 1800–1825

Sale Date: September 12, 2012

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Cupido mit Zwei-Zack

Raphael

Cupido mit Zwei-Zack

Sale Date: September 21, 2012

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Holy Family with the infant St. John the Baptist

After Raphael

Holy Family with the infant St. John the Baptist

Sale Date: July 13, 2012

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La Transfiguration

After Raphael

La Transfiguration

Sale Date: June 26, 2012

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Madonna della Perla, 1879

After Raphael

Madonna della Perla, 1879

Sale Date: June 18, 2012

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Les pilastres des loges du Vatican, par Johannes

After Raphael

Les pilastres des loges du Vatican, par Johannes

Sale Date: June 19, 2012

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La Bataille de Ponte Milvius, 1900–1925

After Raphael

La Bataille de Ponte Milvius, 1900–1925

Sale Date: June 15, 2012

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The Madonna del Divino Amore

School of Raphael

The Madonna del Divino Amore

Sale Date: June 19, 2012

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Le Christ chez Emaüs (+ Le Massacre des...

Raphael

Le Christ chez Emaüs (+ Le Massacre des...

Sale Date: June 3, 2012

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Den heliga familjen med Johannes Döparen

After Raphael

Den heliga familjen med Johannes Döparen

Sale Date: June 13, 2012

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Profilo della Vergine

Follower of Raphael

Profilo della Vergine

Sale Date: May 29, 2012

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Madonna del Divino Amore

After Raphael

Madonna del Divino Amore

Sale Date: June 13, 2012

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The Madonna della Seggiola

After Raphael

The Madonna della Seggiola

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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