The illustrated monograph

The site's magnum opus: an essay of nearly 12,000 words on Raphael — the life, the workshop, grace, the Vatican Stanze, the critical fortune — followed by the complete catalogue of the 324 works with an image recorded by Wikidata: 243 works by the master and his workshop, 79 copies and works after, 2 rejected attributions, each illustrated and given a commentary — nearly 170,000 words of commentary in all. Its pages, listed below, read like any other page of the site — click any image to enlarge it, arrow keys ← → to navigate. The catalogue is served in nine pages so each loads smoothly.

Raphael, Self-portrait, c. 1504–1506, Uffizi, Florence — Wikimedia Commons. — Raphael, *Self-portrait*, c. 1504–1506, Uffizi Gallery, Florence — Wikimedia Commons.

Key facts

The essay: ≈ 11,700 words in 6 pages: Urbino, Perugia, Florence, Rome; the workshop, the making, the afterlife
The catalogue: 324 works in 9 chronological pages — master and workshop, then copies and works after
The commentaries: ≈ 169,500 words — provenance chains, technical examinations, attribution debates stated honestly
Language: English — the rest of the site is bilingual
Sources: Wikidata (works, dates, collections, dimensions); images from Wikimedia Commons (internet connection required)

The essay, in six pages

The split follows the essay's chapters — no section is cut
Page	Chapters
Essay · Urbino and Perugia	Prologue: Good Friday to Good Friday — I. Urbino — II. Perugino's heir (1500–1504)
Essay · Florence	III. Florence: the school of giants (1504–1508)
Essay · Rome under Julius II	IV. Rome under Julius II: the Stanze (1508–1513)
Essay · Rome under Leo X	V. Rome under Leo X: the enterprise (1513–1520)
Essay · The workshop and the making	VI. The workshop as a system — VII. How the pictures were made
Essay · Criticism and glory	VIII. The long argument: Raphael in theory and criticism — IX. Coda

The catalogue, in nine pages

Order is chronological within each section
Page	Works	Section
Catalogue · 1496–1504	35	Raphael and his workshop
Catalogue · 1504–1506	35	Raphael and his workshop
Catalogue · 1506–1508	35	Raphael and his workshop
Catalogue · 1508–1511	35	Raphael and his workshop
Catalogue · 1512–1515	35	Raphael and his workshop
Catalogue · 1515–1518	35	Raphael and his workshop
Catalogue · 1518–1525	33	Raphael and his workshop
Copies · 1505–1700	40	Copies, versions and works after
Copies · 1500–1850	41	Copies, versions and works after; misattributions

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