From around 1879 to 1884, Ezekiel carved the statues, each depicting those whom he and Corcoran officials deemed the world’s 11 greatest artists: Phidias, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo ...

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino—known simply as Raphael to most—was part of the Holy Trinity of the High Renaissance, along with two other guys named Leonardo and Michelangelo. An artist of ...

It is their beguiling grace, however, that has ensured Raphael’s reputation never waned in the five centuries since. It is no surprise, therefore, that the legendary artist is still able to make ...

Like Raphael, Dürer demonstrated his artistic skill in childhood while training to become a goldsmith under his father, and being apprenticed as an artist aged 15. The pair never met, spending ...