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Raphael Research Resource

With the aid of funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Gallery has initiated a project to bring together a rich archive of material on works by Raphael. The project is now available online.

Explore the sections below to investigate different aspects of the project:

Iconography

'An Allegory ('Vision of a Knight')', about 1504

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Drawings and cartoons

'Saint Catherine of Alexandria', about 1507

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Copies and prints

'The Madonna and Child', probably before 1600

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Provenance

'The Garvagh Madonna', about 1509-10

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Division of altarpieces

'The Procession to Calvary', about 1504-5

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Conservation history

'The Madonna and Child ('The Mackintosh Madonna')', about 1509-11

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Conservation

'Saint John the Baptist Preaching', 1505

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Frames

'The Mond Crucifixion', about 1502-3

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Infrared examination

'The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani')', about 1506-7

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X-ray examination

'Portrait of Pope Julius II', 1511

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Pigments and medium

'The Ansidei Madonna', 1505

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