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Raphael Gets the Full Met Treatment

The Met’s milestone Raphael show, which was seven years in the making and involved loans from museums including the Royal Collection and the Uffizi, documents the making of a master and puts him in his proper place among the Renaissance greats.

Raphael the Met
Raphael’s work has been a favorite among the ruling classes of Europe for five centuries, which makes the presence of nine works from five private collectors—in addition to loans from the Louvre, the National Galleries in Washington and London, the Ashmolean in Oxford, the Uffizi, and many more—all the more impressive. Photo: Eileen Travell/Courtesy of The Met
Marion Maneker
March 24, 2026

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If you’ve ever wondered why Leon Black spent three years and more than $95 million buying two drawings by Raphael, a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art may have the answer. The Met has gathered 237 works by the Renaissance master, most of which are drawings, from museums both great and good. Together, they demonstrate why the artist is the equal—and perhaps the superior—of his contemporaries Michelangelo and Leonardo.