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An exhibition on Raphael’s drawings opens at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

A preview of the exhibition Raphael: The Drawings was held yesterday at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, in the presence of Ambassador Terracciano.

The Ashmolean Museum is already home to the world’s largest collection of drawings by Raphael. The exhibition Raphael: The Drawings features 120 drawings by the Renaissance master, including loans from a number of major museums, such as the Louvre in Paris, the Albertina in Vienna and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Two particularly prized pieces in this exhibition are Head of a Muse, which was auctioned for a record sum of €32 million in 2009, and Heads of Two Apostles and their Hands, widely considered to be the artist’s greatest drawing.

Raphael Sanzio is recognised around the world as one of the greatest Renaissance masters and one of the most influential painters in the history of western art. Although he died at just 37, he left behind a great artistic legacy that would influence the styles of painters and architects around Europe for centuries to come.

Raphael: the drawings has received excellent reviews from the British press. The exhibition focuses on Raphael’s extraordinary creativity and highlights how exploration and experimentation shaped his work.

The exhibition will run at the Ashmolean Museum until 3 September 2017.

http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/raphael/ 

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