Raphael and His Main Works
Por centuries Raphael has been recognised as the supreme High Renaissance painter, more versatile than Michelangelo and more prolific than their older contemporary Leonardo. Though he died at 37, Raphael’s example as a paragon of classicism dominated the academic tradition of European painting until the mid-19th century. Raphael (Raffaello Santi) was born in Urbino where […]
Curator’s Introduction | The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael
Curator Matthias Wivel presents Rapahel exhibition at The National Gallery
Pinturicchio, Raphael’s Analogue
Bernardino di Betto, known also as Pintoricchio, was born between 1456 and 1460 in Perugia to a modest family of artisans. The early life of the painter seems to have been very unhappy and was further complicated in 1475 when his father, a simple cloth tanner, died of the plague. Some years before, however, Giapeco […]