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The typical haircut for young men at this time was a mid-neck to shoulder-length style that was tapered in length from the ears down. This painting also demonstrates a beretlike hat, which was just one of the various hat styles that were popularized during this era.

The typical haircut for young men at this time was a mid-neck to shoulder-length style that was tapered in length from the ears down. This painting also demonstrates a beretlike hat, which was just one of the various hat styles that were popularized during this era.

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the famous painting is featured in this postcard with text that reads raphael 25 famous paintings

Obsessed with the sublime Raphael, one of the greatest High Renaissance painters? So is much of society, judging from the recent hype over the 500th anniversary of his death. In this Raphael guide, I take you on a tour of Raphael's life and his 25 most important paintings. Raphael was one of the "holy trinity" of Renaissance painters, along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. He burst on the scene in the early 1500s and became the most famous painter in Rome, and hence in Europe.

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a painting of a woman holding a goat

The 16th-century "Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn" by Raphael was altered twice: first by the artist, who replaced a lap dog with a tiny unicorn; then in the 17th century, when the sitter's bare shoulders were covered and the broken martyrdom wheel of St. Catherine of Alexandria was painted over the mythical creature.

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a drawing of a woman's head

Raphael Phrygian Sibyl ca. 1511 drawing British Museum Raphael Drapery study ca. 1511 drawing (verso of Phrygian Sibyl) British Museum Because Raphael was the favorite Renaissance artist of the 19th century, there is today an abundance of superlative Raphael drawings in British public collections. These were for the most part acquired by generations of Grand Tourists and Empire builders whose influence and money permitted them to obtain a great deal of whatever they wanted wherever they…

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a painting of a woman wearing a headdress

From the museum label: Flaubert dismissed La Fornarina in a few words: "She was a beautiful woman, that's all you need to know." Opinions of beauty often differ, of course, but historians have done their best to discover as much as they can about the elusive identity of this model who posed for Raphael, "a very amorous person, delighting much in women", or so Vasari tells us, and in particular in "a mistress" whom he is reputed to have portrayed. Yet we still do not know a great deal about…

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two cherubs sitting in the clouds with their hands on their chests and looking at each other

The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (or Old Masters Gallery) is honestly the best art gallery I ever had the pleasure of visiting. It doesn't feel too big nor too small. It's like a grand old home that someone has decorated with exquisite pieces of arts — a stellar collection that's lovingly curated.

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