The central premise for Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c.1504 at the Royal Academy of Arts is that at the turn of the sixteenth century, these three titans of the Italian Renaissance briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence.
3 December 2024
See some of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance drawing, including Leonardo’s Burlington House Cartoon and the studies by Leonardo and Michelangelo for their murals
Tues–Sun: 10am–6pm Fri: 10am–9pm
Autumn will bring significant exhibitions to the major museums and galleries in London.
28 August 2024
An exciting rediscovery: a late drawing by the celebrated High Renaissance artist Raffaello Sanzio, known as Raphael.
29 September 2023
The de Brécy Trust has used AI to authenticate a painting that has been in their collection for over 40 years.
14 July 2023
Raphael’s brief career shaped the course of Western culture like no other artist; this was so whether his work was affirmed or his influence rejected.
11 April 2022
Following the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael (1483–1520) in 2020, experience the Italian Renaissance master’s exquisite drawings and trace his influence through the work of his pupils.
Daily: 10.00–17.00
Having been postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic and originally planned to mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death in 2020, the National Gallery will finally unveil The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael.
29 March 2022
This exhibition, one of the first-ever to explore Raphael’s complete career, looks at his celebrated paintings and drawings as well as his work in architecture, poetry, and design for sculpture, tapestry and prints.
Open daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm
The V&A will mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death by transforming the way museum visitors experience the highly important Raphael Cartoons, loaned to the V&A from the Royal Collection by Her Majesty The Queen.
1 October 2019
Italian authorities have partially reopened Rome’s magnificent Domus Aurea (House of Gold) on Sunday some six years into a decade-long… Read More
27 October 2014
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has ordered a temporary export ban on Raphael’s “Head of a Young Apostle”, (c. 1519-1520)… Read More
5 April 2013
