This is one of a collection of engravings of eminent men who have shaped our world. They are Poets, Artists, Arcitects, Medical men, Musicians, Military men, Politicians, Astronomers etc. Collected by my
late Mother and now being disposed of. Each one is a genuine 19th. Century original steel engraving measuring around 10" x 7"and has been mounted in a hand coloured washlined ivory mount. The overall size of the mounted engraving is 12" X 9" and frames of this size are readily available. The washlined panel is a very subtle pale grey, although my scans do not show this too well.

These prints were collected by my late Mother and were in her effects when she died. I am now sorting out things and am reluctantly selling these. Framed in sets of 4, 6, 8 or more they would look stunning!

I am selling 73 of these mounted engravings, so please view my other auctions.

Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520) was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.

Raphael was enormously productive and, despite his early death at thirty-seven, a large body of his work remains, especially in the Vatican. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, but after his death the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when his more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models.

His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (from 1504-1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates