Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Raphael, the High Renaissance master from Urbino, shaped European painting and design through balanced composition and graceful figure drawing. His influence carried into prints, tapestries, and maiolica, where his inventions were widely reproduced and adapted by later hands. The 26 objects gathered here span the years 1500 to 1686, ranging from pen-and-brown-ink studies on paper to woven wool and silk and lustered tin-glazed earthenware, alongside cast lead medallions. Several sheets are impressions up to 1686, preserving how Raphael's compositions reached collectors long after his death.

26 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Study of the Right Leg of a Male Child

· Pen and brown ink over black chalk and stylus underdrawing

Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane

1500–1550 · Brush, brown and red gouache, over a little black chalk

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Outstretched Hand, Body of a Seraph, and a Wing

1500–1550 · Brush, yellow, pink, green, gray and white gouache, over black chalk

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Foot in a Buskin, Drapery, and a Plant

1500–1550 · Brush, yellow, blue, green, brown, black and white gouache, over some black chalk

Horse's Head

1500–50 · Brush and brown, red, green, yellow wash and white gouache over black chalk

Tapestry Cartoon Fragment: The Top of Woman's Head with Hair Braided over a Cloth Headdress

1500–50 · Brush, yellow, orange, brown, gray and white gouache over traces of black chalk

Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit

1500–50 · Brush, yellow, orange, brown, cream, and white gouache

Lucretia

1508–10 · Pen and brown ink over black chalk, partially incised with a stylus (recto); rubbed with black chalk for transfer (verso)

Male Figure Seen from Rear, after a drawing by Michelangelo

1508–1600 · Pen and brown ink on brown paper

Studies of the Christ Child

1513–14 · Red chalk

Judgment of Paris, after Raphael

1520–1600 · Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk; squared in black chalk on top of the composition.

Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso)

16th century · Brush and brown ink highlighted with white

Figure Studies (after Raphael's Disputa)

16th century · Pen and brown ink

Two Nude Figures

16th century · Pen and brown ink

St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's Tapestry, Reversed)

16th century · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and dark brown ink

Cherubs

16th century · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white

Five Nude Infants in Various Poses

ca. 1500 · Metalpoint, traces of charcoal or black chalk, on pale pinkish gray prepared paper.

The Agony in the Garden (ca. 1504)

ca. 1504 · Oil on wood

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

ca. 1504 · Oil and gold on wood

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint John; upper right, Study for Drapery (recto); Study of a Nude Male Figure (verso)

ca. 1506–7 · Red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

The Anointing of David by Samuel

ca. 1525–40 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered

Paul Preaching at Philippi from a set of Scenes from the Life of Saint Paul

ca. 1600 · Wool, silk (14-15 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.)

Paul before Agrippa from a set of Scenes from the Life of Saint Paul

ca. 1600 · Wool, silk (14-15 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.)

Venus and Adonis from a set of Mythological Subjects after Raphael

designed 1686, woven 1686–90 · Wool, silk, silver thread (21-24 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)

Venus in her Chariot from a set of Mythological Subjects after Raphael

designed 1686, woven 1689–92 · Wool, silk, silver thread (23-26 warps per inch, 10-11 per cm.)

The Temptation of Adam and Eve

early 18th century · Lead, cast and chased, covered with black lacquer