A young lad dressed in a cap and pointed slippers sits hunched over a sheet of paper at work on a drawing. Beside him a dog ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the early 16th century, three of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance circled each other in Florence, vying for influence and looking for inspiration. Now, an exhibition—titled ...