Raphael

The Ashmolean Museum presents "Raphael: The Drawings," the most comprehensive survey of of the artist's drawings since 1983.

A leading figure of Italian High Renaissance classicism, Raphael is best known for his "Madonnas," including the Sistine Madonna, and for his large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome.

The water nymph, whose affair with a peasant shepherd inspired numerous works of art.

La Madonna di San Sisto is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raffaello Sanzio

Inside the Vatican Museums are many Renaissance art treasures. During the early 16th century, certain rooms were used as Pope Julius II's living rooms.

From the 15th to 17th century, new forms of art, literature, music and architecture emerged across Europe. Read on to discover ten Renaissance masterpieces that stand out from the rest.

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