Discover the beauty of Renaissance paintings, where art, realism, and storytelling blend to create timeless masterpieces that continue to inspire today. Read on.

Part of Raphael's "Madonna della Rosa" painting may not have been painted by the Italian Renaissance master, according to findings published in Science Heritage Journal in December 2023 ...

Often, they were preparatory studies for finished paintings or works ... rather than its own claws. Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance artists to draw from ...

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It shows how the artist used workshop assistants ... Feast of Cupid and Psyche in the Villa Farnesina, Rome. Raphael was one of the few Renaissance artists to draw from a nude female model.

A few feet away, a pen-and-ink study of the Virgin and Child by Raphael – who arrived in Florence around 1504 – replicates part of this design; for an electrifying second, it feels as if we ...