Museum Exhibition
Raphael: Sublime Poetry
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
March 29, 2026 – June 28, 2026
Dive into the artistic process of one of history’s most beloved and influential artists.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
ca. 1504
Oil and gold on wood
Main panel, overall 67 7/8 x 67 7/8 in. (172.4 x 172.4 cm), painted surface 66 3/4 x 66 1/2 in. (169.5 x 168.9 cm); lunette, overall 29 1/2 x 70 7/8 in. (74.9 x 180 cm), painted surface 25 1/2 x 67 1/2 in. (64.8 x 171.5 cm)
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Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
The Agony in the Garden
ca. 1504
Oil on wood
9 1/2 × 11 3/8 in. (24.1 × 28.9 cm)
View at museumRaphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint John; upper right, Study for Drapery (recto); Study of a Nude Male Figure (verso)
ca. 1506–7
Red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
8 13/16 x 6 1/4 in. (22.4 x 15.8 cm)
View at museumRaphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Studies of the Christ Child
1513–14
Red chalk
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (22 x 16.7 cm)
View at museumMarcantonio Raimondi|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
A plague scene at right, a man at left holding a torch illuminating part of the scene at left, ill people at the right
ca. 1515–16
Engraving (heavily reworked)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.9 × 24.7 cm)
View at museumMarcantonio Raimondi|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Neptune calming the tempest which Aeolus raised against Aeneas' fleet from Book I of the Aeneid
ca. 1515–16
Engraving
Sheet: 16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.3 x 32.4 cm)
View at museumDonatello
Madonna and Child
15th century
Figures: terracotta, polychromed and gilded; later background: wood, painted to represent brocade; frame: carved and painted, mouldings gilt
Overall: 30 × 20 1/2 in. (76.2 × 52.1 cm)
View at museum23 documented works in this exhibition
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