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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Raphael (1,621 results)
The Madonna of Loreto

After Raphael

The Madonna of Loreto

Sale Date: May 4, 2012

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Madonna del Prato, 1775–1799

After Raphael

Madonna del Prato, 1775–1799

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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La Vierge à la chaise

After Raphael

La Vierge à la chaise

Sale Date: April 12, 2012

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Madonna dell'Impannata

Raphael

Madonna dell'Impannata

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Madonna del Cardellino (after Raffaello)

Raphael

Madonna del Cardellino (after Raffaello)

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Madonna tempi

Raphael

Madonna tempi

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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L'incendie de Borgo, 1600–1699

After Raphael

L'incendie de Borgo, 1600–1699

Sale Date: March 31, 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: April 1, 2012

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St. Catherine

School of Raphael

St. Catherine

Sale Date: April 1, 2012

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L'Ecole d’Athènes, 1600–1699

After Raphael

L'Ecole d’Athènes, 1600–1699

Sale Date: March 13, 2012

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Ezekiel's Vision

After Raphael

Ezekiel's Vision

Sale Date: March 28, 2012

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The Madonna of the Goldfinch

After Raphael

The Madonna of the Goldfinch

Sale Date: March 16, 2012

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: March 6, 2012

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Charity

Circle of Raphael

Charity

Sale Date: January 26, 2012

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The Madonna and Child in a landscape

Circle of Raphael

The Madonna and Child in a landscape

Sale Date: January 26, 2012

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Head of a mother and child

Studio of Raphael

Head of a mother and child

Sale Date: January 25, 2012

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San Miguel Arcángel, 1800

In the manner of Raphael

San Miguel Arcángel, 1800

Sale Date: January 27, 2012

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Madonna and cherubs

After Raphael

Madonna and cherubs

Sale Date: May 11, 2011

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L’Ecole d’Athènes, 1600–1699

After Raphael

L’Ecole d’Athènes, 1600–1699

Sale Date: December 6, 2011

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La Sainte famille

After Raphael

La Sainte famille

Sale Date: December 15, 2011

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La Transfiguration, 1517

After Raphael

La Transfiguration, 1517

Sale Date: December 8, 2011

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La Vierge à l'Enfant avec le petit..., 1800–1899

Follower of Raphael

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec le petit..., 1800–1899

Sale Date: December 6, 2011

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Madonna con il Bambino

Raphael

Madonna con il Bambino

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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The Holy Family with the young Saint John the...

After Raphael

The Holy Family with the young Saint John the...

Sale Date: November 20, 2011

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