Raphael (1483 - 1520)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Raphael’s life was brief but he produced work of such quality that his status as one of the greatest European artists has never been in doubt. His career coincided with the High Renaissance (1550–1520), in which he was perhaps the outstanding figure.
Raphael was born in the Italian town of Urbino in 1483, and lived there until moving to Florence in 1504. Most of his important works in the city were altarpieces. From 1508 until his death in 1520 Raphael lived in Rome, where he produced the astonishing paintings in the Vatican Palace for which he is best-known.
Raphael’s works for the palace also included designs for tapestries to hang on the walls of the Sistine Chapel (c.1515–6). Of Raphael’s ten cartoons seven survive in the Royal Collection (on long-term loan to the V&A Museum). Britain’s foremost decorative painter of the early 18th century, Sir James Thornhill, admired these cartoons so much that he painted full-size copies of them. Those copies were acquired by the RA in 1800 and provided an invaluable resource for artists to study Raphael’s celebrated designs.
Profile
Born: 1483
Died: 1520
Gender: Male
Works by Raphael in the RA Collection
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Raphael
The Four Sibyls, Church of Santa Maria della Pace in Rome., 1772
Engraving and etching
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Raphael
La Fornarina., c. 1520
Engraving and etching
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Raphael
Galatea., c. 1513
Engraving
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Baldassare Peruzzi and Raphael and Sebastiano del Piombo
'Paintings of the Ceiling A, and Details.', 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael and Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine
'Details of the Decorations of the Vestibule B, and of the Walls of the Loggia.', 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael and Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine
Decoration of the Arched Ceiling D., 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael and Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine
Decoration of the Arched Ceiling C., 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael and Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine
'Decoration of the Dome A.', 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael and Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine
Longitudinal Section of the Loggia., 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael
Section of Part of the First Loggia., 1844
Hand-coloured engraving
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Raphael
Plate 30: 'Charity' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 29: 'The head of St. Peter' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 28: 'Study' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 27: 'the Ascension of our Lord from the tomb' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 26: 'A noble study' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 25: 'The Marys lamenting over the dead body of our saviour' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 24: 'Two of the Prophets' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 23: 'Jacob's dream' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1841
Pen and wash lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 22: 'Portrait of Rafaelle's sister' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen and wash lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 21: 'St. Cecilia and other Saints' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen and wash lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 20: 'The madonna with the fish' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen and wash lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 19: 'Study for the Venus' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 18: 'The Almighty' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 17: 'Portrait of J. F. Penni' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 16: 'Portrait of the sister of Raffaelle' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 15: 'one of the Sybils' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 14: 'Alexander depositing the Iliad of Homer' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 13: 'first idea for the celebrated massacre of the innocents' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 12: 'the Virgin, Child, and an Angel' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 11: 'the Virgin and the Apostles' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 10: 'Nmphs and Tritons' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 8: 'A most interesting study for the borghese picture of the entombment' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 7: 'A sheet of studies' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 5: 'sampson breaking the jaws of the lion' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 4: 'seven persons sitting at table' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Chalk lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 3: 'A sheet of studies' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
'The Virgin and the Child' attributed to Raffaello Sanzi, 1841
Pen lithograph on thin japanese paper pasted on a leaf of the album within a lithographic mount
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Raphael
Plate 9: 'the Virgin fainting' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Lithograph
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Raphael
Plate 6: 'The Virgin, the Infant Saviour, and St. John' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Lithograph
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Raphael
Plate 2: 'the virgin and the Child' attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1841
Lithograph
Works after Raphael in the RA Collection
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After Raphael
Study from life for the Madonna d'Alba., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Sketch for the Madonna d'Alba., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Head of a monk and half-length drawing of the same figure., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study from life for the chamber of the Torre Borgia or Charlemagne in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the fresco called The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for The Parnassus fresco in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study from life from The Parnassus fresco in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for The Parnassus fresco in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Four men., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the painting of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the painting of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the painting of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the painting Saint John the Baptist Preaching., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Sketches of sleeping children., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Sketch for a Holy Family., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the ceiling of the Segnatura chamber in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the fresco The School of Athens in the Vatican., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Study for the Chigi Chapel in the Church of Santa-Maria del Polpolo in Rome., 1858
Lithograph
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After Raphael
Head of the Holy Virgin, called 'The Pearl'., 1858
Lithograph
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Giovanni Volpato
The Marriage of Alexander and Roxanne., 1772
Engraving and etching
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Benjamin West PRA
Leaf from a sketchbook with a drawing after Raphael's 'St. Paul Preaching at Athens', probably 1763 or after
Pencil and black chalk on laid paper
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Benjamin West PRA
Leaf from a sketchbook with drawings after Raphael's 'Disputà', 1760s
Pencil on laid paper
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Benjamin West PRA
Leaf from a sketchbook with a drawing of Christ and the Virgin Mary after Raphael's Disputà, 1760s
Black chalk on laid paper
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Eloy Bonnejonne
Philosophy (from the Stanza della Segnatura)
Etching
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Pietro Peiroleri
Portrait of a young woman, ca. 1770?
Etching and engraving
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Pietro Peiroleri
Portrait of a young man, ca. 1770?
Etching and engraving
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Francesco Bartolozzi RA
The Madonna della Sedia, 1778
Etching and stipple-engraving
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Raimondo Faucci
Carved panel in the choir of S. Pietro dei Monaci Cassinensi, Perugia
Etching and engraving
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Sir Nicolas Dorigny
Raphaelis Sanctii Urbinatis Planetarium, 1516
Etching and engraving
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Richard Dalton
Christ with the two Disciples at Emmaus, 21 February 1753
Etching and engraving
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Francesco Faraone Aquila
The Morbetto, 1512-13
Etching
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Attributed to François de Poilly the elder
The Holy Family with St John and St Elizabeth, ca.1660-70
Etching and engraving
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Domenico Cunego
La Fornarina, 1773
Etching and engraving
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Dado Master of the Die
Aeneas rescuing Anchises at the Fall of Troy, ca. 1610
Engraving
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Cesare Fantetti
The Prophet Isaiah
Etching and engraving
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Jacques-Samuel Bernard
The Repulse of Attila
Etching and engraving
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Giuseppe Cades
Theology, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Solomon Alexander Hart RA
Figures from Raphael's 'School of Athens', Probably 1842
Pencil and watercolour on cream wove paper
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Solomon Alexander Hart RA
Watercolour study of the figure of Parmenides from Raphael's 'School of Athens', Probably 1842
Pencil and watercolour on cream wove paper
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Giuseppe Cades
Poetry, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
The Blinding of Elymas, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
Paul preaching in the Areopagus, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
The Sacrifice at Lystra, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
Peter and John curing the Lame Man, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
Ananias and Sapphira, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Judgement of Solomon, Late eighteenth century
Oil on canvas
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Attributed to Anton Raphael Mengs
Madonna di Foligno, mid 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Philosophy, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Vision of Ezekiel, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
The Repulse of Attila, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
The Judicial Virtues, Late 18th century
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Unknown artist and After Raphael
The Triumph of Galatea, ?early 19th century
Oil on canvas
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Sir James Thornhill
Christ's Charge to St Peter, 1729-31
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Expulsion of Heliodorus, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Mass at Bolsena, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
The Burning of the Borgo, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Disputa, 1776
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Parnassus, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Apollo and Marsyas, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
School of Athens, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Justice, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Astronomy, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
Adam and Eve, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Giuseppe Cades
The Liberation of St Peter, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA
Drawing after Raphael's portrait of Pope Leo X and two cardinals, March 1837
Pencil on cream wove paper
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Attributed to William Hamilton RA
Head of one of Euclid's pupils after Raphael's 'School of Athens', probably 1760s
Black chalk on green/grey laid paper
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William Parry ARA
Head of one of Euclid's pupils after Raphael's 'School of Athens', by 1791
Black chalk on grey/green laid paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The Death of Semele' after a drawing attributed to Giulio Romano, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A group of children at play' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'Sports of Sea Nymphs & Tritons' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'The Death of Adonis' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'Study for the figure of ADAM in the celebrated print of ADAM & EVE, engraved by Marc'Antonio' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'The Adoration of the Shepherds' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'Study for part of one of the Ceilings of the Vatican' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanziolong, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
Other 'Study for part of the Celebrated Fresco entitled the Heliodorus in the Vatican' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Study for part of the Celebrated Fresco entitled the Heliodorus in the Vatican' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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George Robert Lewis
'A Study for the Muse Melpomene in the Fresco of Mount Parnissus in the Vatican'' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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J. Vivares
'A Study for the Bass-relievo on the pedestal of the Statue of Apollo, in the celebrated Frescoe of the School of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'Study for the figure of Diogenes in the School of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A study for the group of Archimedes & his disciples in the School of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A study for the school of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Head of an Angel' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Young Ottley
'Battle for the Standard' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'A Concert' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'A Youth at his Devotions' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The Madonna ' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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George Robert Lewis
'Study for pat of one of the frescoses painted by PINTURICCHIO in the Library of the Duomo di Siena ' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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William Long
'The Nativity' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The portrait of himself when a youth' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
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John Romney
'Charity' after a drawing by Carlo Cencione from a painting by Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Engraving on thin japanese paper pasted on wove paper album's leaf
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Conrad Martin Metz
Raphael's design of the Battle of Constantine attributed to Perin del Vaga, 1789
Etching and aquatint
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Attributed to William Hogarth
Four heads from the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court
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Attributed to William Hogarth
Four heads from the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court
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Gérard Audran
Crowned man and a soldier, 1683
Etching on laid paper
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Attributed to William Hogarth
Four heads from the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court
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Gérard Audran
Two Decapitated Heads, 1683
Etching on laid paper
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Unknown
The School of Athens, late 18th century
Oil on canvas
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Unknown artist
Copy of the figures of the Madonna and Child after Raphael's 'Sistine Madonna', ?early 19th century
Oil on canvas
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Unknown artist
The Triumph of Galatea, late 18th century or early 19th century
Oil on canvas
Works associated with Raphael in the RA Collection
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Conrad Martin Metz
Leda and the Swan attributed to Raffaello , 1789
Etching and aquatint
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Conrad Martin Metz
Sacrifice scene attributed to Raffaello , 1789
Etching and aquatint
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Formerly attributed to Raphael
Mars in his Chariot, 1645-69
Etching
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Formerly attributed to Raphael and Perino del Vaga and Giovanni da Udine
Diana in her Chariot, 1645-69
Etching
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Formerly attributed to Raphael and Perino del Vaga and Giovanni da Udine
Mercury in his Chariot, 1645-69
Etching
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Formerly attributed to Raphael and Perino del Vaga and Giovanni da Udine
Jupiter in his Chariot, 1645-69
Etching
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Unknown
Cast of a bust of Raphael, 1833
Plaster
Associated books
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Impostures Innocentes, Ou Recueil D'Estampes D'Apres Divers Peintres Illustres, Tels Que Rafael, Le Guide, Carlo Maratti, Le Poussin, Rembrandt, &c. Gravées à leur imitation, & selon le gout particulier de chacun d'eux, & accompagnées d'un Discours sur les Préjugés de certains Curieux touchant la Gravûre. Par Bernard Picart, Dessinateur Et Graveur: Avec Son Eloge Historique, Et Le Catalogue De Ses Ouvrages. - A Amsterdam,: [1734]
07/2328
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Alexandre Lenoir
Musée Des Monumens Français; Histoire De La Peinture Sur Verre, Et Description Des Vitraux anciens et modernes, pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Art, relativement à la France; Ornée De Gravures, Et notamment de celles de la Fable de Cupidon et Psyché, d'après les dessins de Raphael. Par Alexandre Lenoir. - - A Paris,: An XII. - 1803.
07/1121
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Friedrich Rehberg
Rafael Sanzio aus Urbino. - Von Friedrich Rehberg Professor der königlichen Akademie der schönen Künste in Berlin. - München: [1824]
07/477
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Andreas Johann Jacob Müller
Ein Kupferstich von Rafael in der Sammlung der Königlichen Kunst-Akademie zu Düsseldorf beschrieben von dem Conservator dieser Sammlung Andreas Müller, Historienmaler u. Königl. Professor. - Nebst einem Facsimile des Stiches von Rafael und einer Photographie nach Marc-Antonio. - - Düsseldorf,: 1860.
07/436
Associated archives
65 results
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Treasures from Budapest: European masterpieces from Leonardo to Schiele
2010
Item RAA/PRE/5/2/471
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H.J.L.J. Massé, 37 Mount Park Crescent, Ealing, to W.B. Richmond
14 Oct 1893
Item RI/2/49
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W.B. Richmond, 123 via Felice, Rome to [George Richmond]
[1866]
Item RI/1/30
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W.B. Richmond, 123 via Felice, Rome, to Julia Richmond
[30 Mar 1866]
Item RI/1/29