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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Holy Family with the infant St. John the...

Workshop of Raphael

Holy Family with the infant St. John the...

Sale Date: December 8, 2011

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Madonna mit schlafendem Jesuskind und..., 1820

Follower of Raphael

Madonna mit schlafendem Jesuskind und..., 1820

Sale Date: November 22, 2011

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Femmes et enfants entourés de cinq figures...

School of Raphael

Femmes et enfants entourés de cinq figures...

Sale Date: October 26, 2011

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Madonna del Pesce (Madonna and child..., 1800–1899

After Raphael

Madonna del Pesce (Madonna and child..., 1800–1899

Sale Date: October 24, 2011

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Das Urteil Salomos, 1518

After Raphael

Das Urteil Salomos, 1518

Sale Date: November 11, 2011

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Enea e Anchise

After Raphael

Enea e Anchise

Sale Date: October 16, 2011

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Madonna del Granduca

After Raphael

Madonna del Granduca

Sale Date: October 1, 2011

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The transfiguration

After Raphael

The transfiguration

Sale Date: September 28, 2011

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Madonna and child

Raphael

Madonna and child

Sale Date: September 10, 2011

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Madonna sistina - Sixtinische madonna

After Raphael

Madonna sistina - Sixtinische madonna

Sale Date: September 24, 2011

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Teste scelte (bk w/60 works), 1769

Raphael

Teste scelte (bk w/60 works), 1769

Sale Date: August 6, 2011

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: August 14, 2011

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The Madonna of the chair

After Raphael

The Madonna of the chair

Sale Date: July 20, 2011

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Madonna and Child with the Infant St John

After Raphael

Madonna and Child with the Infant St John

Sale Date: July 15, 2011

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Vierge à l'Enfant avec Saint Jean..., 1600–1699

After Raphael

Vierge à l'Enfant avec Saint Jean..., 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 19, 2011

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Madonna and Child

In the manner of Raphael

Madonna and Child

Sale Date: July 7, 2011

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Madonna della Sedia, 1900

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1900

Sale Date: June 9, 2011

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Madonna del Prato

After Raphael

Madonna del Prato

Sale Date: May 29, 2011

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La Vierge à l'Enfant dit aussi la Madone...

After Raphael

La Vierge à l'Enfant dit aussi la Madone...

Sale Date: May 20, 2011

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Madonna della Sedia

Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: May 24, 2011

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La Sainte famille, 1600–1699

After Raphael

La Sainte famille, 1600–1699

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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La Transfiguration

After Raphael

La Transfiguration

Sale Date: May 17, 2011

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Die Verklärung Christi, 1851

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Die Verklärung Christi, 1851

Sale Date: May 13, 2011

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La Madonna del passegio, 1800–1899

After Raphael

La Madonna del passegio, 1800–1899

Sale Date: April 24, 2011

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