"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Installation view of Raphael’s tapestries at the Sistine Chapel (photo by Claudia Viggiani, used with permission) VATICAN CITY — On the day after Christmas in 1519, during the feast of St Stephen, ...

When Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino—better known as Raphael—was just 37 years old, he died of a sudden illness often cited as syphilis. Now, on the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance painter’s passing, ...