"Raphael was a very amorous man who was fond of women," Vasari wrote. Raphael, Self portrait (1506-1508). Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Galleria delle Statue e delle Pitture. Gabinetto fotografico ...

For only the third time this century, an original painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael Sanzio (1483–1520) is coming to auction. The diminutive oil-on-panel Saint Mary Magdalene, painted ...

He's one of the art history's greatest figures, but until now, Italian Renaissance genius Raphael has not been the subject of a comprehensive, international loan exhibition in the United States. The ...

Raphael's famed Uffizi self-portrait and the new facial reconstruction Public domain / Tor Vergata University of Rome Five hundred years after Raphael’s passing, the Italian artist continues to make ...

Monday, April 6 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael, the Renaissance painter responsible for "The School of Athens" and "The Transfiguration." While the Vatican Museums was due to ...

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, or Raphael, is one of the greatest artists of all time and was part of the Holy Trinity of the High Renaissance alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael was ...

In Italy and beyond, the plan was to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance artist’s death with great fanfare. Then came the pandemic, and the virtual world stepped in. Raphael’s tomb in ...

MILAN — Preparatory cartoons for Renaissance frescoes — the full-scale drawings that artists used to transfer their designs to the wall — rarely survived the finished commission. Functional and ...