Category: Art

Consegna delle chiavi del Regno (c.1515-1516)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Consegna delle chiavi del Regno (Christ’s Charge to Peter) c.1515–1516 Bodycolour over charcoal underdrawing on paper, mounted on canvas, 344 x 534 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Acquired by the Prince of Wales, future King Charles I in 1623…

Sacra Famiglia con l’agnello (1507)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia con l’agnello (Holy Family with the Lamb) 1507 Oil on panel, 28 x 21.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In 1504, after training with Perugino, Raphael moved from Perugia to Florence, where he remained for four years…

Madonna della Rosa (c.1517)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Rosa (Madonna of the Rose) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 103 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first verified Spanish documentation of Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist or Madonna of…

Estasi di Santa Cecilia (c.1513)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Estasi di Santa Cecilia (Ecstasy of St. Cecilia) c.1513 Oil transferred from panel to canvas, 236 x 149 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Performed around 1513 for the chapel of Blessed Elena Duglioli, who had built her own image of…

Bindo Altoviti (c.1515)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Bindo Altoviti c.1515 Oil on panel, 59.7 x 43.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young man with smooth, pale peachy skin and long blond hair looks over his right shoulder at us in this vertical portrait painting. He…

Madonna di Loreto (c.1509-1512)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna del Velo (Madonna of Loreto, Madonna of the Veil) c.1509–1512 Oil on poplar panel, 120 x 90 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly This painting was only identified as an original by Raphael in 1976; the Duke of…

Visitazione (c.1517)

Raffaello (1483-1520) & assistants Visitazione (Visitation) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 200 x 145 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary visits her cousin, Elisabeth, who is pregnant with Saint John, as told in the New Testament (Luke…

Ritratto di Baldassarre Castiglione (1514-1515)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Baldassarre Castiglione (Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione) 1514–1515 Oil on canvas, 82 x 67 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione 1630 Courtauld Institute of Art, London     See also: • Castiglione, Baldassarre (1478-1529)

Pala Baronci (1500-1501)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Pala Baronci (Baronci Altarpiece) 1500–1501 The Baronci altarpiece was seriously damaged during an earthquake in 1789. The surviving fragments of the altarpiece are: Raffaello (1483-1520) Angelo, Pala Baronci 1500–1501 Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia     Raffaello (1483-1520) Angelo che…