Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Raphael stands alongside Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo as one of the great masters of the Italian High Renaissance. Yet while the other two lived much longer, Raphael died suddenly in 1520 at just 37. In that remarkably short life, he became one of Europe’s most sought-after artists, worked for two popes and directed an enormous workshop responsible for an extraordinary output of paintings, drawings and monumental commissions.
This documentary follows Raphael from Urbino and his formative years with Perugino to Florence and the Vatican, where he worked alongside some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance. It explores masterpieces including The School of Athens, his portraits of Pope Julius II and Baldassare Castiglione, and the remarkable journeys his paintings took after his death. The story also investigates Portrait of a Young Man, a possible Raphael self-portrait looted by the Nazis during World War II that remains missing today, as well as the rediscovery and reattribution of Madonna of the Pinks.
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Raphael stands alongside Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo as one of the great masters of the Italian High Renaissance. Yet while the other two lived much longer, Raphael died suddenly in 1520 at just 37. In that remarkably short life, he became one of Europe’s most sought-after artists, worked for two popes and directed an enormous workshop responsible for an extraordinary output of paintings, drawings and monumental commissions.
This documentary follows Raphael from Urbino and his formative years with Perugino to Florence and the Vatican, where he worked alongside some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance. It explores masterpieces including The School of Athens, his portraits of Pope Julius II and Baldassare Castiglione, and the remarkable journeys his paintings took after his death. The story also investigates Portrait of a Young Man, a possible Raphael self-portrait looted by the Nazis during World War II that remains missing today, as well as the rediscovery and reattribution of Madonna of the Pinks.
#documentaries #arthistory #raphael
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COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. Plot11 Publishing GmbH. Standart ®
