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Raphael: The Small Cowper Madonna
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Raphael

[Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520]

• Also known as:  Raffaello Sanzio
Raffael Santi
Rafael Sanzio de Urbino
• Relationships: Son of Giovanni Santi.
Studied under Pietro Perugino.
Raphael's students included Giulio Romano, Giovan Francesco Penni, Perino del Vaga, Polidoro da Caravaggio and Garofalo.
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Original works by Raphael available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Notable SiteAlte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Notable SiteArt Institute of Chicago

Notable SiteRaphael at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

Notable SiteHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Holy Family (The Madonna with Beardless Joseph), 1505-06
The Virgin and Child (The Madonna Conestabile), 1504

Notable SiteJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Exhibition: Raphael at the Getty

Notable SiteJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
6 works online by Raphael

Notable SiteKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Notable SiteKunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German)  

Notable SiteLiechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Portrait of a Man, ca.1502-04 (Zoom)

Notable SiteRaphael at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, 1514-15

Notable SiteRaphael at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, black chalk drawing, 1507-09

Notable SiteRaphael at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Head and shoulders of a woman, pen and ink drawing, ca.1505-07

Notable SiteLouvre Museum Database, Paris
9 paintings and 1 drawing

Notable SiteLouvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)   NEW!  
Many copies after Raffaello Santi (Raphael) and works on paper attributed to his atelier; the works on paper by the artist himself begin around page 86

Notable SiteRaphael at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  
3 works by Raphael online

Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas  
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La Fornarina

Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston  
Paintings collection online

Notable SiteNational Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Notable SiteRaphael at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
12 works by Raphael

Notable SiteNational Gallery, London, UK   NEW!

Notable SiteNational Gallery, London, UK   NEW!
How to Spot a Raphael: The Madonna of the Pinks

Notable SiteNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
St. Jerome Punishing the Heretic Sabinian, 1503

Notable SiteNorton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Notable SiteRaphael at the Prado Museum, Madrid
8 works online

Notable SiteRaphael at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Head of a Woman, ca.1517-20

Notable SiteRijksmuseum Research Database, Amsterdam (in Dutch)  

Notable SiteThe Royal Collection, London, UK
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Notable SiteVatican Museums, Vatican City
Paintings from the Raphael room of the Pinacoteca

Notable SiteVatican Museums, Vatican City
The Raphael Stanze

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto   NEW!
The Three Graces, red chalk drawing, ca.1517-1518

Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, UK

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
99 works by or related to the artist

Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Anthony of Padua


Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Study for Fire in the Borgo

Galleria Borghese, Rome
The Deposition

Galleria Borghese, Rome
La Fornarina

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome (in Italian)  
Doppio ritratto

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts

Marche Region Museums, Italy
La Muta (The Silent One)

Museo Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (in Italian)   NEW!  

Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy
Processional Cross with Franciscan Saints

Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil (in Portuguese)  

Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian)  

Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
Cardinal Aenes Sylvius Piccolomini Presents Eleanor of Portugal to Emperor Frederick III, ca.1502-03

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (in Italian)  
2 works online

Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia, Italy (in Italian)  
Angel

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)  

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)  
God Appearing to Isaac, Who is Asking for Rebecca's Pregnancy

State Museums of Florence, Italy
Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, ca.1512
Madonna dell'Impannata

State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy

Studio Esseci, Italy (in Italian)  
Click "Immagini" to see a large image from a 2004-2005 exhibition

The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)   NEW!  

The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)   NEW!  

The British Museum, London, UK

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid   NEW!
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Virtual Uffizi
4 paintings

Virtual Uffizi
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Pope Julius II


 
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:

Art Fund for UK Museums
Figure study, 1516-18
Study for the Madonna del Pesce, 1513

Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)  

 
Pictures from Image Archives:
Notable SiteArt Renewal Center

Notable SiteArtchive  

Notable SiteArtcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: The Vision of Ezekiel

Notable SiteArtcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: Study for The Entombment of Christ

Notable SiteBildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  
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Notable SiteCGFA  

Notable SiteWeb Gallery of Art  

Notable SiteWebMuseum  

Notable SiteWikimedia Commons Image Database  

Notable SiteWorld Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)

1200 Years of Italian Sculpture (mostly in Italian)  
The Drawings of Raffaello Sanzio

Aiwaz Panopticon
Many works online

Archker's Fantasy Art Gallery

Artyst, Peintures du Monde (in French)  

Artyzm

Brian Yoder's Art Gallery and Critic's Corner

California State University WorldImages Database  

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

Humanities Web  

Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project  
Villa Farnesina Frescoes

Mondo Mostre, Milan (in Italian)  
Highlights from the 2006 exhibition Raffaello: da Firenze a Roma

Olga's Gallery

PBase Photo Sharing
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State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site   NEW!

 
Miscellaneous Sites:
Artarchiv Sample Artist Signatures
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Artarchiv Sample Artist Symbols + Monograms
Scroll down to monogram 838

ArtWatch International
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Raphael's Portrait of Leo X with Cardinals, before and after restoration

Christie's
Study for the Head and Hand of an Apostle

Columbia University Visual Media Center
Exploration of Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura fresco at the Vatican

Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

Mistica info (in Italian)  
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

The Modernist Journals Project

 
Articles and Reference Sites:
Notable SiteEncyclopedia Britannica complete article on Raphael  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Notable SiteGrove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)  

Notable SiteUnion List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Notable SiteWikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Artcyclopedia
"The Philosopher as Hero: Raphael's The School of Athens"

Artnet Magazine
Study of a Seated Female, Child's Head and Three Studies of a Baby, ca.1507-08

Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Biography of the artist. Detailed, but Vasari's anecdotes are sometimes inaccurate.

International Herald Tribune (now part of the New York Times organization)
"Raphael's Studio and Legacy," article by Roderick Conway Morris

International Herald Tribune (now part of the New York Times organization)
"Emotions Beneath the Paint," article by Souren Melikian

International Herald Tribune (now part of the New York Times organization)
"Raphael and his Madonna masterpiece," article by Souren Melikian

Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)   NEW!  

The Guardian Newspaper, UK
Essay on Pope Julius II, 1511-12


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Drawings of Raphael


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Mourning into Joy: Music, Raphael, and Saint Cecilia


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Raphael's 'School of Athens'


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Raphael: The Stanza Della Segnatura


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Masters of Art: Raphael


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Raphael and His Circle: Drawings from Windsor Castle


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Raphael: The Paintings


 
 
 
 
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Madonna and Child
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Madonna Della Seggiola
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Raphael: Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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Raphael: The School of Athens
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Raphael: Sistine Cherubs
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