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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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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Art Institute of Chicago Collection Database   NEW!
Page through for a variety of works on paper by Raphael Sanzio

Raphael at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

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

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

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

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Madonna in the Meadow, 1505-06

Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German)  

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

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

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

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

Raphael in the Louvre Museum Database, Paris (only available in French)
9 paintings and 1 drawing

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City  

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas  
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La Fornarina

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  
Paintings collection online

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

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

Raphael at the National Gallery, London, UK

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

Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Head of a Woman, ca.1517-20

Rijksmuseum Research Database, Amsterdam (in Dutch)  

The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")

Vatican Museums, Vatican City
Paintings from the Raphael room of the Pinacoteca

Vatican Museums, Vatican City
The Raphael Stanze

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

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

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
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   NEW!

Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)  

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

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 Ambrosiana, Milan (in Italian)  
Study for The School of Athens

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (in Italian)  
2 works online

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

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Collection

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)  

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)  

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, Vienna (in German)  
one drawing online

The British Museum, London, UK   NEW!

The Walters Art Museum, Maryland
Madonna of the Candelabra

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Portrait of a Young Man (Alessandro de Medici?), ca.1515

Virtual Uffizi
4 paintings

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


 
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Pictures from Image Archives:
Art Renewal Center

Artchive  

Artcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: The Vision of Ezekiel

Artcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: Study for The Entombment of Christ

Artonline

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  

CGFA  

Insecula

Web Gallery of Art  

WebMuseum  

Wikimedia Commons Image Database  

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

Aiwaz Panopticon   NEW!
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  

ImageNETion

Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project  
Villa Farnesina Frescoes

Olga's Gallery

PBase Photo Sharing
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The Athenaeum  
17 works online

 
Other Web Sites:
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)   NEW!  
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

The Modernist Journals Project   NEW!

 
Articles:
Encyclopedia 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

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

Wikipedia, 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
"Raphael's Studio and Legacy," article by Roderick Conway Morris

International Herald Tribune
"Emotions Beneath the Paint," article by Souren Melikian

International Herald Tribune
"Raphael and his Madonna masterpiece," article by Souren Melikian

The Art Bulletin
New Identifications in Raphael's School of Athens

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

  
Raphael: Baldassare Castiglione (detail)





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Madonna and Child
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Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
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Raphael: Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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