Raffaello Sanzio - Finestre sull'Arte

The largest exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings ever held in the UK will be held in London

The largest exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings ever held in the United Kingdom will be staged in London this fall: it will run from November 1, 2024 to March 9, 2025 at the King's Gallery in Buckingham Palace. Drawing the Italian Renaissance,...
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Rare and valuable drawing by Raphael for the Vatican Stanze discovered. It will go to auction

An important drawing by Raphael (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) has been found: it is a study for the scene of the Battle of Ponte Milvio painted in the Vatican Stanze, specifically in the Hall of Constantine. It will be auctioned Oct. 25 by Dorotheum, w...
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Raphael's Madonna of the Canopy returns to Pescia, to the church where it was for 150 years

The Madonna of the Baldacchino, a great work by Raphael Sanzio (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) that can be counted among the fundamental works of the mature Renaissance, temporarily leaves the Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti in Florence and returns, fr...
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Rome, Villa Farnesina hosts exhibition dedicated to Raphael and Agostino Chigi

The anniversary of the death of Raphael, who disappeared on April 6, 1520, coincides with another anniversary: the passing of the pope's very rich banker, the Sienese Agostino Chigi, on April 11, 1520, only five days after the Urbino master. As is we...
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Raphael. Born an architect: exhibition in Vicenza sheds light on Raphael's lesser-known talent

Raphael Sanzio was not born a painter and then became an architect, but he was an architect from the very beginning of his activity as an artist. This is what Raphael intends to demonstrate. Born an Architect, the exhibition proposed by the Palladio ...
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Vicenza, at Palladio Museum an exhibition on Raphael architect

Everyone knows about the painter Raphael, but how many know that he was also a great architect, one of the most influential of the entire Renaissance? That is what Raphael intends to reveal. Born an Architect, the exhibition curated by Guido Beltrami...
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Uffizi brings Raphael's Madonna del Baldacchino to Pescia, where it was in ancient times

The Madonna del Baldacchino, Raphael's unfinished masterpiece, will return to Pescia Cathedral, where it was originally located, from April 29 to July 30, 2023. The Uffizi, the museum that now preserves Raphael Sanzio 's important altarpiece (in fact...
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An exhibition in Bologna on Julius II and Raphael with a portrait of the pope on loan from London

The Portrait of Pope Julius II della Rovere, one of Raphael Sanzio's masterpieces, will be exhibited, in an exceptional event, at the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna, and will be the highlight work of the exhibition Julius II and Raphael. A New Seaso...
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