Raphael paintings

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.

1639-1640. Oil on canvas. 211 x 145 cm. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. P002255. On view: Room 002.

The third great painter of the High Renaissance period, Raphael, was as much a genius as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Learn about artist Raphael's paintings.

The Athens School of Raphael Sanzio (1509-1511)

Anton Raphael Mengs, Hesperus as the Personification of the Evening, 1765

Portrait-of-a-Young-Girl-Raphael - Category:Portrait of a Young Woman (Raphael and Giulio Romano) - Wikimedia Commons

Learn how to recognize signs Archangel Raphael's presence with you. This healing angel brings peace and health to the body, soul, and natural environment.

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.

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.

Raffael (Raffaello) - Madonna in the Meadow - 1506

raphael (attributed), ±1518 | red chalk and pencil on paper | 25.7x16.4 | teylers museum, haarlem

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…

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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(detail) Painting by Raphael, ca 1513, Madonna of the Candelabra, The Walters Art Museum. #Renaissance

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.

Agostino dei Musi after Raphael Group of figures from The School of Athens early 16th century engraving Victoria & Albert Museum ...