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

Raphael (1,621 results)

Autoritratto

After Raphael

Sale Date: December 17, 2003

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The Vision of the True Cross

Follower of Raphael

The Vision of the True Cross

Sale Date: December 11, 2003

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The Madonna and Child with a goldfinch..., 1500–1525

Circle of Raphael

The Madonna and Child with a goldfinch..., 1500–1525

Sale Date: December 11, 2003

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L'école d'Athènes

After Raphael

L'école d'Athènes

Sale Date: December 10, 2003

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The Judgement of Paris, 1600–1625

After Raphael

The Judgement of Paris, 1600–1625

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Madonnan med stolen

After Raphael

Madonnan med stolen

Sale Date: December 4, 2003

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Angelo Annunziante

Follower of Raphael

Angelo Annunziante

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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Ritratto di Lorenzo de' Medici

Follower of Raphael

Ritratto di Lorenzo de' Medici

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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Die Schule von Athen, 1572–1572

After Raphael

Die Schule von Athen, 1572–1572

Sale Date: November 22, 2003

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Portrait of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

After Raphael

Portrait of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

Sale Date: October 31, 2003

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

In the manner of Raphael

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: October 31, 2003

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Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: October 4, 2003

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The Madonna and Child with Saint..., 1700–1799

In the manner of Raphael

The Madonna and Child with Saint..., 1700–1799

Sale Date: September 29, 2003

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The Triumph of Galatea, 1856–1856

After Raphael

The Triumph of Galatea, 1856–1856

Sale Date: September 20, 2003

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St. Cecilia

After Raphael

Sale Date: August 8, 2003

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The Madonna and Child

In the manner of Raphael

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: July 11, 2003

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Three dancing maidens in the lower register and...

School of Raphael

Three dancing maidens in the lower register and...

Sale Date: July 8, 2003

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The Madonna and Child

After Raphael

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: July 8, 2003

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A pagan sacrifice with figures bringing rams to...

Studio of Raphael

A pagan sacrifice with figures bringing rams to...

Sale Date: July 8, 2003

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The Disputà

School of Raphael

Sale Date: July 8, 2003

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Bridgewater Madonna

After Raphael

Bridgewater Madonna

Sale Date: June 30, 2003

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Ritrovamento di Mosè

After Raphael

Ritrovamento di Mosè

Sale Date: June 23, 2003

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La Vierge à la chaise

After Raphael

La Vierge à la chaise

Sale Date: June 13, 2003

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Madonna of the Chair

After Raphael

Madonna of the Chair

Sale Date: June 12, 2003

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