RAFFAELLO Sanzio

Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520 Italian painter and architect. As a member of Perugino's workshop, he established his mastery by 17 and began receiving important commissions. In 1504 he moved to Florence, where he executed many of his famous Madonnas; his unity of composition and suppression of inessentials is evident in The Madonna of the Goldfinch (c. 1506). Though influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's chiaroscuro and sfumato, his figure types were his own creation, with round, gentle faces that reveal human sentiments raised to a sublime serenity. In 1508 he was summoned to Rome to decorate a suite of papal chambers in the Vatican. The frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura are probably his greatest work; the most famous, The School of Athens (1510 C 11), is a complex and magnificently ordered allegory of secular knowledge showing Greek philosophers in an architectural setting. The Madonnas he painted in Rome show him turning away from his earlier work's serenity to emphasize movement and grandeur, partly under Michelangelo's High Renaissance influence. The Sistine Madonna (1513) shows the richness of colour and new boldness of compositional invention typical of his Roman period. He became the most important portraitist in Rome, designed 10 large tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel, designed a church and a chapel, assumed the direction of work on St. Peter's Basilica at the death of Donato Bramante,


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RAFFAELLO Sanzio Waist-length Figure of a Young Woman oil


Waist-length Figure of a Young Woman
Painting ID::  51295
Waist-length Figure of a Young Woman
1506 Pen and ink over stylus underdrawing, . 262 x 189 mm
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio Study for the Disputa oil


Study for the Disputa
Painting ID::  51296
Study for the Disputa
1509 Brush and white highlighting over stylus underdrawing, 280 x 285 mm
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio Loggia of Pope Leo X oil


Loggia of Pope Leo X
Painting ID::  52002
Loggia of Pope Leo X
1518-19 Palazzi Pontifici
1518-19 Palazzi_Pontifici
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio Madonna della Tenda oil


Madonna della Tenda
Painting ID::  52196
Madonna della Tenda
1514 Oil on wood, 65,8 x 51,2 cm
1514_Oil_on_wood,_65,8_x_51,2_cm
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio Double Portrait oil


Double Portrait
Painting ID::  52204
Double Portrait
1518 Oil on canvas, 90 x 83 cm
1518_Oil_on_canvas,_90_x_83_cm
   
   
     

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     RAFFAELLO Sanzio
     Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520 Italian painter and architect. As a member of Perugino's workshop, he established his mastery by 17 and began receiving important commissions. In 1504 he moved to Florence, where he executed many of his famous Madonnas; his unity of composition and suppression of inessentials is evident in The Madonna of the Goldfinch (c. 1506). Though influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's chiaroscuro and sfumato, his figure types were his own creation, with round, gentle faces that reveal human sentiments raised to a sublime serenity. In 1508 he was summoned to Rome to decorate a suite of papal chambers in the Vatican. The frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura are probably his greatest work; the most famous, The School of Athens (1510 C 11), is a complex and magnificently ordered allegory of secular knowledge showing Greek philosophers in an architectural setting. The Madonnas he painted in Rome show him turning away from his earlier work's serenity to emphasize movement and grandeur, partly under Michelangelo's High Renaissance influence. The Sistine Madonna (1513) shows the richness of colour and new boldness of compositional invention typical of his Roman period. He became the most important portraitist in Rome, designed 10 large tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel, designed a church and a chapel, assumed the direction of work on St. Peter's Basilica at the death of Donato Bramante,

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