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)
La Madonna Tempi

After Raphael

La Madonna Tempi

Sale Date: June 21, 2005

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Madonna mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben...

After Raphael

Madonna mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben...

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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Vierge à l'Enfant (after the Conestabile Madonna)

After Raphael

Vierge à l'Enfant (after the Conestabile Madonna)

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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La Madonna Bridgewater

After Raphael

La Madonna Bridgewater

Sale Date: June 15, 2005

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Madonna della Seggiola

After Raphael

Madonna della Seggiola

Sale Date: June 2, 2005

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Påven Leo X

After Raphael

Påven Leo X

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Justice (+ Forbearance; pair), 1775–1799

After Raphael

Justice (+ Forbearance; pair), 1775–1799

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John...

After Raphael

Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John...

Sale Date: April 23, 2005

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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The Sistine Madonna

After Raphael

The Sistine Madonna

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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The Holy Family in a landscape

After Raphael

The Holy Family in a landscape

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

After Raphael

The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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Madonna della Sedia, 1875–1925

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia, 1875–1925

Sale Date: April 16, 2005

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Marte (+ 5 others; 6 works)

After Raphael

Marte (+ 5 others; 6 works)

Sale Date: April 13, 2005

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Die Madonna mit ihrem Kind, dem..., 1540

Follower of Raphael

Die Madonna mit ihrem Kind, dem..., 1540

Sale Date: November 18, 2004

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The Madonna and Child in a landscape

In the manner of Raphael

The Madonna and Child in a landscape

Sale Date: February 23, 2005

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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Follower of Raphael

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: February 1, 2005

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: February 1, 2005

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Sibylle mit dem eine Fackel tragenden..., 1530–1540

After Raphael

Sibylle mit dem eine Fackel tragenden..., 1530–1540

Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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Sibylle Phrygie

Workshop of Raphael

Sibylle Phrygie

Sale Date: December 13, 2004

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Portrait du Cardinal Bernardo Dovizzi da Bibbiena

After Raphael

Portrait du Cardinal Bernardo Dovizzi da Bibbiena

Sale Date: December 15, 2004

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The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

After Raphael

The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

Sale Date: December 10, 2004

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The building of Noah's Ark

After Raphael

The building of Noah's Ark

Sale Date: December 7, 2004

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