Raphael

(Italian, 1483–1520)

Room Paintings holds seven paintings by Raphael, from the National Gallery of Art and The Met. They date from 1504 to 1515. We file all of them under Renaissance. The most common subjects are religion, children and men. Two of them suit a room in our lists, most often the bedroom and living room.

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The 7 paintings

A woman and two children, all with pale skin and flushed cheeks, sit together in a landscape in this round painting. The woman takes up most of the composition as she sits with her right leg, to our left, tucked under her body.

Raphael The Alba Madonna, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, Raphael, ca. 1504, oil and gold on wood

Raphael Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, ca. 1504 The Met

The Agony in the Garden, Raphael, ca. 1504, oil on wood

Raphael The Agony in the Garden, ca. 1504 The Met

A woman and nude child, both with pale skin, sit in front of a deep landscape in this vertical painting.

Raphael The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505 National Gallery of Art

A young man with smooth, pale peachy skin and long blond hair looks over his right shoulder at us in this vertical portrait painting. He has light green eyes, a straight nose, full pink lips, and a narrow chin.

Raphael Bindo Altoviti, c. 1515 National Gallery of Art

A woman holds and looks toward a nude, young child, who sits on her lap and looks out at us, smiling, in this vertical painting. They both have pale skin and thin, gold halos floating above their heads.

Raphael The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna, 1508 National Gallery of Art

A man wearing armor, sitting astride a cream-white horse, drives a long lance down at a lizard-like dragon as a woman kneels with her hands in prayer in the landscape beyond in this vertical painting.

Raphael Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1506 National Gallery of Art