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)
Madonna della sedia plaque, 1900

After Raphael

Madonna della sedia plaque, 1900

Sale Date: April 10, 2010

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Die heilige Familie / La sacra famiglia

Follower of Raphael

Die heilige Familie / La sacra famiglia

Sale Date: April 21, 2010

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Madonna del Granduca (by H. Goldkuhle), 1910

After Raphael

Madonna del Granduca (by H. Goldkuhle), 1910

Sale Date: March 27, 2010

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The Madonna di Loreto

After Raphael

The Madonna di Loreto

Sale Date: April 13, 2010

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La belle jardinière

After Raphael

La belle jardinière

Sale Date: March 17, 2010

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Expulsion of Heliodorus (study)

After Raphael

Expulsion of Heliodorus (study)

Sale Date: March 2, 2010

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Madonna della sedia, 1850–1875

After Raphael

Madonna della sedia, 1850–1875

Sale Date: January 30, 2010

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Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist

After Raphael

Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist

Sale Date: January 29, 2010

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Two angels

After Raphael

Two angels

Sale Date: January 29, 2010

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La vierge aux candélabres

After Raphael

La vierge aux candélabres

Sale Date: November 29, 2009

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Head of a muse

Raphael

Head of a muse

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Portrait of a cardinal

After Raphael

Portrait of a cardinal

Sale Date: December 9, 2009

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La Vierge à l'Enfant avec l'enfant Jésus et...

After Raphael

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec l'enfant Jésus et...

Sale Date: November 26, 2009

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La donna velata

After Raphael

La donna velata

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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The Holy Family, or the pearl

After Raphael

The Holy Family, or the pearl

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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Madonna of the Goldfinch, 1850

After Raphael

Madonna of the Goldfinch, 1850

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: October 18, 2009

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Madonna della Sedia, 1875–1899

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1875–1899

Sale Date: October 3, 2009

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La Vierge à l'Enfant

Follower of Raphael

La Vierge à l'Enfant

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

Auction Closed

La Sainte Famille avec sainte Anne dite La...

After Raphael

La Sainte Famille avec sainte Anne dite La...

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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La belle jardinière

After Raphael

La belle jardinière

Sale Date: September 20, 2009

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The Madonna della Seggiola

After Raphael

The Madonna della Seggiola

Sale Date: September 22, 2009

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Madonna mit Jesuskind und Johannesknaben...

Follower of Raphael

Madonna mit Jesuskind und Johannesknaben...

Sale Date: September 18, 2009

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La donna velata

After Raphael

La donna velata

Sale Date: September 1, 2009

Auction Closed

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