It analyzes 4,000 parameters such as brush strokes, color palette and hue to determine whether a painting is a genuine Raphael, explained Ugail. “Madonna della Rosa,” which hangs in the Museo ...

With its delicate brushwork and subtle depiction of light, there's no doubt 'Madonna of the Rose' is a work of genius. Created by Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, the painting depicts the ...

See the dude in the top left corner of the top of the painting above (Raphael’s famous Madonna della Rosa)? That’s St. Joseph lurking over the Madonna, the Child, and St. John. And yes ...

Last week, Sir Joseph Duveen purchased from Lady Desborough, after secret bidding had determined his offer of $875,000* to be the most advantageous, Raphael’s Madonna and Child, painted in 1508 ...

Andrew Mellon once paid the Soviet government $1,166,400 for an example of Raphael’s genius, the Alba Madonna (TIME, March 4, 1935). Last week another Raphael Madonna, less fine than Mellon’s ...

Raphael painted the ‘Marriage of the Virgin’ while he was still an apprentice to Pietro Perugino. The piece is nearly identical to a piece Perugino had done prior. ‘The Sistine Madonna ...