Raffaello Sanzio - Finestre sull'Arte

Raphael and workshop's Coronation of the Virgin for Monteluce monastery returns to Perugia

On the occasion of theJubilee Year of Hope, from Oct. 1, 2025 to Jan. 7, 2026, theIsland of San Lorenzo - Museo del Capitolo in Perugia is hosting the exhibition L'atteso ritorno. Raphael for Monteluce from the Vatican Museums, organized by the Archd...
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Biggest exhibition on Raphael in the U.S.: will be in 2026 at the Metropolitan in New York

The first major exhibition on Raphael in the United States: the Metropolitan Museum in New York announced it yesterday. It will run from March 29 to June 28, 2026 and will be titled Raphael: Sublime Poetry. This exhibition, curated by Carmen C. Bamba...
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Raphael's Lady with the Unicorn is on display in Naples

Naples is preparing to welcome a Renaissance masterpiece. From March 27 to June 22, 2025, Intesa Sanpaolo's Gallerie d'Italia will host La Dama col Liocorno by Raffaello Sanzio (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), on loan from the Galleria Borghese in Rome. ...
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Pesaro showcases 40 graphic works by Raphael, Federico Barocci, Simone Cantarini

From Sept. 22 to Nov. 17, 2024, the rooms housing the permanent collection of the Pesaro Civic Museums in Palazzo Mosca are hosting the exhibition CAPITAL OF DRAWING. Raphael, Barocci, Cantarini, Lazzarini from the Oliveriana Library for Pesaro 2024,...
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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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