Tag: raphael

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• Raphael's Famous Work and the Tomb in the Pantheon: Why a Painter Got Buried with Gods

  Published: 24 Apr, 2026

  • 11 min read

  Raphael's most famous work earned him a burial slot in the Pantheon in 1520 -- a reading of the paintings that made him, and the epitaph that closes them.

• Raphael Self Portrait School of Athens: The Painter Who Hid in the Corner

  Published: 20 Apr, 2026

  • 13 min read

  The Raphael self portrait School of Athens tucks the painter beside Ptolemy at age twenty seven, staring straight out and claiming a seat among the ancients.

• School of Athens Figures Identified: Who's Who in Raphael's Fresco

  Published: 20 Apr, 2026

  • 15 min read

  School of Athens figures identified one by one: Leonardo as Plato, Michelangelo as Heraclitus, Euclid as Bramante, and the painter hiding in the corner.