Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how ...

“In the painting, [Raphael] adopts the tondo’s entwined figures, the serpentine movement of Jesus across his mother’s lap, and brings vibrant color and tender elegance—Mary’s enclosing ...

The artist completed the painting ‘La Belle Jardinière’ in 1507, with the then-24-year-old taking inspiration from da Vinci’s compositions. A year earlier, Raphael painted his self-portrait ...