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 (1,621 results)
THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: March 16, 1993

Auction Closed

MADONNA DELLA CARDELLINO

After Raphael

MADONNA DELLA CARDELLINO

Sale Date: March 11, 1993

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: March 11, 1993

Auction Closed

THE SISTINE MADONNA-A DETAIL

After Raphael

THE SISTINE MADONNA-A DETAIL

Sale Date: March 11, 1993

Auction Closed

Madonna della Seggiola

Follower of Raphael

Madonna della Seggiola

Sale Date: March 10, 1993

Auction Closed

BILDNIS EINES JUNGEN GELEHRTEN MIT EINER...

Follower of Raphael

BILDNIS EINES JUNGEN GELEHRTEN MIT EINER...

Sale Date: March 10, 1993

Auction Closed

Madonna della Seggiola, 1800

Follower of Raphael

Madonna della Seggiola, 1800

Sale Date: March 10, 1993

Auction Closed

MADONNA MIT DEM JESUSKNABEN UND SAN GIOVANNINO

Follower of Raphael

MADONNA MIT DEM JESUSKNABEN UND SAN GIOVANNINO

Sale Date: March 10, 1993

Auction Closed

DIE HEILIGE FAMILIE MIT DEM JOHANNESKNABEN..., 1700

Follower of Raphael

DIE HEILIGE FAMILIE MIT DEM JOHANNESKNABEN..., 1700

Sale Date: March 9, 1993

Auction Closed

Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: March 6, 1993

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: March 2, 1993

Auction Closed

MADONNA OF THE CHAIR

After Raphael

MADONNA OF THE CHAIR

Sale Date: February 7, 1993

Auction Closed

TWO CHERUBS WITH MUSIC SCORE

In the manner of Raphael

TWO CHERUBS WITH MUSIC SCORE

Sale Date: January 20, 1993

Auction Closed

Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

After Raphael

Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Sale Date: January 20, 1993

Auction Closed

A WOMAN, BUST LENGTH, LOOKING DOWN TO THE LEFT

Raphael

A WOMAN, BUST LENGTH, LOOKING DOWN TO THE LEFT

Sale Date: January 13, 1993

Auction Closed

THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

Follower of Raphael

THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

Sale Date: December 14, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: December 8, 1992

Auction Closed

SAINTE FAMILLE

Circle of Raphael

SAINTE FAMILLE

Sale Date: December 5, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA DEL PASSEGGIO

After Raphael

MADONNA DEL PASSEGGIO

Sale Date: November 27, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: November 18, 1992

Auction Closed

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

After Raphael

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA

Sale Date: November 18, 1992

Auction Closed

PAULUS PRAEDICANS IN AEROPAGO

After Raphael

PAULUS PRAEDICANS IN AEROPAGO

Sale Date: November 17, 1992

Auction Closed

MARIA UND ANNA MIT DEM JESUS- UND JOHANNESKNABEN

In the manner of Raphael

MARIA UND ANNA MIT DEM JESUS- UND JOHANNESKNABEN

Sale Date: November 12, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA AND CHILD WITH INFANT JOHN THE BAPTIST

In the manner of Raphael

MADONNA AND CHILD WITH INFANT JOHN THE BAPTIST

Sale Date: November 11, 1992

Auction Closed

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