"He's one of the art history's greatest figures, but until now, Italian Renaissance genius Raphael has not been the subject of a comprehensive, international loan exhibition in the United States. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will soon change that when it opens an exhibition titled Raphael: Sublime Poetry, on view March 29 to June 28, 2026. The sprawling show will focus on Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi, 1483-1520), who is considered one of the greatest artists of all time."
"Highlights include The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna) from the National Gallery of Art, one of the most emblematic examples of Raphael's mastery over High Renaissance ideals of harmony and classical beauty. This piece will be united with his preparatory drawings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Lille, and Portrait of Baldassarre Castiglione, now in the Louvre, widely regarded as one of the greatest portraits of the High Renaissance."
Raphael: Sublime Poetry opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art March 29–June 28, 2026, as the first comprehensive international loan exhibition devoted to Raphael in the United States. The exhibition traces Raphael’s career from Urbino through his Florence period—where he emerged alongside Leonardo and Michelangelo—to his final decade at the papal court in Rome. The show assembles more than 200 drawings, paintings, tapestries, and decorative arts, including The Alba Madonna and Portrait of Baldassarre Castiglione, with loans from institutions across Europe and the U.S. Curators spent over seven years organizing the presentation to reveal Raphael’s creative mind and storytelling mastery.
Read at Time Out New York
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