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See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20
A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael has sold at auction for $3.1 million. The delicate oil painting measures less than 15 inches tall and about 5 inches wide. Raphael painted the portrait of ...
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Young Raphael up for sale at Sotheby's New York
The panel is painted on two sides: on the marbled 'verso' "you can see Raphael's fingerprints", Daria Foner, an Old Masters specialist at Sotheby's, told ArtNews. The expert noted that Raphael ...
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Raphael’s Tiny Masterpiece, Marked With His Fingerprint, Heads to Auction
For only the third time this century, an original painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael Sanzio (1483–1520) is coming to auction. The diminutive oil-on-panel Saint Mary Magdalene ...