The Victorian painter William Holman Hunt garlands Raffaello Santi (1483-1520) with the faintest of praise. Raphael was a quick learner, said Holman Hunt in his Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite ...

Raphael is unquestionably one of the greatest artists in history, but his paintings have, at times, been described as a little unimaginative due to their strict formalist design. In contrast, the ...

The Renaissance star has always been held up as a model of formal perfection but this outstanding show reveals the artist’s warmth and tenderness too A woman is running towards us, mouth open in a ...

Dorotheum auction house in Vienna is offering a work on paper identified as a late drawing by Raphael next month (25 October). The drawing in red chalk of a horse and rider by the Italian Old Master, ...