Raphael | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/raphael/RSS feed for RaphaelenFri, 12 Sep 2025 20:01:23 +0000London’s National Gallery Will Officially Begin Collecting Artworks Created After 1900https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/londons-national-gallery-will-oficially-begin-collecting-artworks-created-after-1900-180987330/The decision ends a longstanding agreement between the National Gallery and the Tate concerning what kinds of art each museum will targetFri, 12 Sep 2025 20:01:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/londons-national-gallery-will-oficially-begin-collecting-artworks-created-after-1900-180987330/America's Largest-Ever Exhibition on Raphael Will Open at the Met Next Yearhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/anericas-largest-ever-exhibition-on-raphael-will-open-at-the-met-next-year-180987252/More than 200 of the Renaissance master's works will be on display in the landmark show, which debuts in March 2026Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:24:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/anericas-largest-ever-exhibition-on-raphael-will-open-at-the-met-next-year-180987252/The Vatican's Newly Restored Raphael Rooms Spotlight the Great Artist Who Died Before Finishing His Final Projecthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-vaticans-newly-restored-raphael-rooms-spotlight-the-great-artist-who-died-before-finishing-his-final-project-180986925/As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance painter's experimental techniquesMon, 07 Jul 2025 21:20:08 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-vaticans-newly-restored-raphael-rooms-spotlight-the-great-artist-who-died-before-finishing-his-final-project-180986925/Archaeologists Are Recreating the Long-Lost Recipe for Egyptian Blue, the World's Oldest Known Synthetic Pigmenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-recreating-the-long-lost-recipe-for-egyptian-blue-the-worlds-oldest-known-synthetic-pigment-180986778/Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the pigment's recipe was eventually lost to historyThu, 12 Jun 2025 15:47:25 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-recreating-the-long-lost-recipe-for-egyptian-blue-the-worlds-oldest-known-synthetic-pigment-180986778/These 11 Marble Sculptures of Iconic Artists Once Decorated One of America's First Art Museums. What Happened to Them?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-eleven-marble-sculptures-of-iconic-artists-once-decorated-one-of-americas-first-art-museums-what-happened-to-them-180986706/The Corcoran Gallery of Art was adorned with the statues, commissioned in the late 1800s. But since then, they've changed hands many times and finally found their way back to each other in a botanical gardenThu, 29 May 2025 14:30:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-eleven-marble-sculptures-of-iconic-artists-once-decorated-one-of-americas-first-art-museums-what-happened-to-them-180986706/See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-miniature-portrait-of-mary-magdalene-that-raphael-painted-when-he-was-only-20-180986024/Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of Jesus, when she entered a period of repentanceFri, 07 Feb 2025 20:36:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-miniature-portrait-of-mary-magdalene-that-raphael-painted-when-he-was-only-20-180986024/See How Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael Entered and Exited Each Other's Worldshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-michelangelo-leonardo-and-raphael-entered-and-exited-each-others-worlds-180985624/A new exhibition in London examines the relationship between the three Italian Renaissance artists, who came together in Florence in 1504Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:28:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-michelangelo-leonardo-and-raphael-entered-and-exited-each-others-worlds-180985624/You Can Actually Smell the Incense, Rainy Meadows and Musty Cloth in These Pre-Raphaelite Paintingshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-actually-smell-the-incense-rainy-meadows-and-musty-cloth-in-these-pre-raphaelite-paintings-180985553/At an exhibition in England, curators have placed artworks alongside diffusers that dispense carefully crafted fragrances, which visitors can trigger by pushing a buttonMon, 02 Dec 2024 17:33:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-actually-smell-the-incense-rainy-meadows-and-musty-cloth-in-these-pre-raphaelite-paintings-180985553/See Rare Italian Renaissance Drawings at Buckingham Palacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/buckingham-palace-shows-off-never-before-seen-italian-renaissance-drawings-in-new-exhibition-180984851/An upcoming exhibition will feature 160 sketches by Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and TitianThu, 08 Aug 2024 18:27:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/buckingham-palace-shows-off-never-before-seen-italian-renaissance-drawings-in-new-exhibition-180984851/Artificial Intelligence Identifies Long-Overlooked Raphael Masterpiecehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artificial-intelligence-identifies-long-overlooked-raphael-masterpiece-180981528/A facial recognition analysis found that the faces in a mysterious painting are virtually identical to those in the artist's "Sistine Madonna"Fri, 27 Jan 2023 21:13:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artificial-intelligence-identifies-long-overlooked-raphael-masterpiece-180981528/