Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance artists to draw from the nude female model. A couple of head studies by Federico Barocci are drop-dead gorgeous. A few ...

Famed Italian Renaissance artist Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, normally called “Raphael” in English, was born April 6, 1483 and died on his 37th birthday, April 6, 1520. Though the Vatican has ...

On April 6th, we celebrate the Raphae’s birthday, one of the greatest masters of the Italian Renaissance: Born in 1483 in Urbino, Italy, Raphael Sanzio was popular for his divine balance ...

In the early 16th century, three of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance circled each ... titled “Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504”—at the Royal Academy of ...

Today we celebrate the birth of Raphael, the Renaissance master whose genius continues to inspire centuries later. His extraordinary works—from the divine "School of Athens" to the tender ...

If you go to Italy, or to the Italian Renaissance galleries of an art museum ... such as “The Massacre of the Innocents” (c. 1510), Raphael’s red-chalk compositional study for a print ...