The Renaissance was a period of shining stars, and Raphael, with his outstanding talent, occupied an irreplaceable position in the Renaissance, becoming one of the three renaissance masters on a par with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. On 9 July, "Meet Raphael – From the Renaissance to the Collection of Neoclassical Masters" opened at the Garter Art Center, with a total of 69 exhibits, including precious original Raphael's works.
展览以拉斐尔一生的艺术成就为节点，共分为九大主题，其中在意大利圣路加国家美术学院珍藏的与拉斐尔有关的艺术品中，最重要的作品就是大型人物画《圣路加在拉斐尔面前绘画圣母子像》，该作品画面中出现了拉斐尔本人的半侧身像。 This work has been in the collection of the National Academy of Fine Arts of St. Luke since the 16th century and has been considered for centuries by Raphael and is also regarded as the cultural cornerstone of the Academy.
Also featured in the exhibition is the famous "Child with a Floral Ornament", a fresco donated in the 19th century by Jean Baptiste Vika to the National Academy of Fine Arts of St. Luke. The children in this work are very similar to the image of a child in Raphael's 1513 prophet Isaiah for St. Augustine's church, and recent studies have shown that the paint used in the frescoes of St. Augustine's church is compatible. 就在今年3月28日，意大利官方正式宣布此幅作品出自拉斐尔之手。
The exhibition also recreates one of Raphael's famous works, the Academy of Athens, through digital technology. In order to better show the formation of Raphael's creative style and its influence on later generations, this exhibition presents 39 authentic works by Raphael's teacher Perugino and Raphael's followers. Among these adherents were Pietro da Cortona in the mid-17th century, Carlo Marata in the late 17th century, and also the great neoclassical painters of the 18th and 19th centuries.
此展览是纪念拉斐尔逝世500周年大展之一，也是“走向2022中意文化和旅游年”框架下的重点交流项目，由北京中创文旅集团、嘉德艺术中心、意大利圣路加国家美术学院、意大利翁布里亚国家美术馆联合主办，将持续至10月14日。