The Sistine Madonna is one of the world’s most famous Renaissance paintings. Raphael showed his great creativity by making this piece, which depicts the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in her ...

Often, they were preparatory studies for finished paintings or works ... rather than its own claws. Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance artists to draw from ...

Part of Raphael's "Madonna della Rosa" painting may not have been painted by the Italian Renaissance master, according to findings published in Science Heritage Journal in December 2023 ...

It shows how the artist used workshop assistants ... Feast of Cupid and Psyche in the Villa Farnesina, Rome. Raphael was one of the few Renaissance artists to draw from a nude female model.

A few feet away, a pen-and-ink study of the Virgin and Child by Raphael – who arrived in Florence around 1504 – replicates part of this design; for an electrifying second, it feels as if we ...

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 ... of his career. The artist completed the painting ...