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)
Madonna dell’Impannata

Follower of Raphael

Madonna dell’Impannata

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Madone du grand duc, 1700–1799

Follower of Raphael

Madone du grand duc, 1700–1799

Sale Date: April 12, 2022

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The Vision of Ezekiel

After Raphael

The Vision of Ezekiel

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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MADONNA MIT DEM JESUSKNABEN

Circle of Raphael

MADONNA MIT DEM JESUSKNABEN

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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PORTRAIT DES BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE

Follower of Raphael

PORTRAIT DES BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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MADONNA DEL GRANDUCA (1506)

Follower of Raphael

MADONNA DEL GRANDUCA (1506)

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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MADONNA MIT KIND UND JOHANNESKNABEN

Follower of Raphael

MADONNA MIT KIND UND JOHANNESKNABEN

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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MACKINTOSH MADONNA

Workshop of Raphael

MACKINTOSH MADONNA

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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SAINT JOHN EVANGELIST, 1501–1699

Follower of Raphael

SAINT JOHN EVANGELIST, 1501–1699

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Apollo and the Muses on the Parnassus (After the

After Raphael

Apollo and the Muses on the Parnassus (After the

Sale Date: January 18, 2022

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The Madonna della Sedia

After Raphael

The Madonna della Sedia

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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GIUSEPPE RACCONTA I SOGNI AI FRATELLI

After Raphael

GIUSEPPE RACCONTA I SOGNI AI FRATELLI

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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The Ascension

In the manner of Raphael

The Ascension

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Virgen de la Silla

Raphael

Virgen de la Silla

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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The Transfiguration

Follower of Raphael

The Transfiguration

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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BILDNIS EINES JUNGEN MANNES

After Raphael

BILDNIS EINES JUNGEN MANNES

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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The Madonna and Child

Follower of Raphael

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL The Holy Family, oil on...

Follower of Raphael

NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL The Holy Family, oil on...

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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圣家庭 石版画

Raphael

圣家庭 石版画

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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The Holy Family of Francis I, 1873

After Raphael

The Holy Family of Francis I, 1873

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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The Holy Family with the child Saint John, 1600–1650

Follower of Raphael

The Holy Family with the child Saint John, 1600–1650

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Madonna mit Kind (Madonna Tempi)

After Raphael

Madonna mit Kind (Madonna Tempi)

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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The Transfiguration, 1992

After Raphael

The Transfiguration, 1992

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Madonna and Child with an Angel, the Infant St....

Follower of Raphael

Madonna and Child with an Angel, the Infant St....

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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