Exhibited at the Met in New York, Raphael’s painting “The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist” in a landscape "The Alba Madonna," circa 1509-1511. On loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. (Photo taken from the Metropolitan Museum website)
The exhibition "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, known colloquially as the Met, until June 28, 2026, immediately establishes itself as a major event on the international art scene. The first comprehensive retrospective devoted to Raphael in the United States, it brings together more than 200 masterpieces — paintings, drawings and tapestries — offering an unprecedented overview of the artist's career, from his early days in Urbino to his Roman peak.The culmination of a project nurtured for nearly a decade, this exhibition concludes an ambitious trilogy dedicated to the masters of the Renaissance, following Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. "Seven to eight years of work," Met Director Max Hollein tells L’Orient-Le Jour, for a project he describes as "the largest and...
The exhibition "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, known colloquially as the Met, until June 28, 2026, immediately establishes itself as a major event on the international art scene. The first comprehensive retrospective devoted to Raphael in the United States, it brings together more than 200 masterpieces — paintings, drawings and tapestries — offering an unprecedented overview of the artist's career, from his early days in Urbino to his Roman peak.The culmination of a project nurtured for nearly a decade, this exhibition concludes an ambitious trilogy dedicated to the masters of the Renaissance, following Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. "Seven to eight years of work," Met Director Max Hollein tells L’Orient-Le Jour, for a project he describes as "the...
