Raphael

Resurrected: Lost Raphael Painting of Christ
An unknown work confidently believed to be by Raphael has been found beneath a later painting which had been put into the wall of an Umbrian church and forgotten. A banner once paraded by a Catholic lay fraternity shows Christ flanked by St Francis of Assisi and St Ubaldo, the 12th...

National Gallery's Raphael gamble pays off
The heritage lottery fund today granted the National Gallery £11.5m toward the cost of Raphael's Madonna of the Pinks, making it almost certain that the painting will not leave Britain.

National Gallery's gamble in fight for Raphael
Complex offer planned in bid to stop Madonna going to Getty. The National Gallery has taken a giant gamble in its battle to keep Raphael's Madonna of the Pinks in Britain, slashing by a third the amount it will offer to stop the picture going to the Getty Museum in California.

Raphael sketch revealed
Using the latest infra-red technology, art experts have discovered the work of the Renaissance master Raphael beneath an oil painting.