One of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance is now the subject of the first comprehensive exhibition of his work ever in the United States, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Carmen Bambach decided she absolutely needed to have a painting for her sweeping Raphael ...

A painting discovered in a stately home by the Scottish National Trust and valued at £20 ($26) is now thought to be a Madonna by Renaissance master Raphael, potentially increasing its worth to a cool ...

A magnificent exhibition at the Met in New York is a thorough, scholarly treatment of the great Renaissance painter — and a ...

For decades, a group of investors has been hoping to prove that an artwork found in an antique shop is by Raphael, considered one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. The work depicts ...

"Raphael was a very amorous man who was fond of women," Vasari wrote. Raphael, Self portrait (1506-1508). Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Galleria delle Statue e delle Pitture. Gabinetto fotografico ...

Raphael, “Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn” (1505–06), oil on canvas transferred from panel (courtesy Galleria Borghese, Rome, all images via D Giles Limited) The 16th-century “Portrait of a Lady ...

The Raphael catfish is a uniquely patterned fish with bold white stripes or spots. This nocturnal species is native to South America, but many hobbyists also keep it in freshwater tanks. The catfish ...

Above: The Alba Madonna (ca. 1509-11) is on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for the Met’s new show, Raphael: Sublime Poetry. When ...