 | | |  |  |  | | Raphael: Sublime Poetry | | JUST ANNOUNCED FOR SPRING 2026 | March 29–June 28, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue | Dive into the artistic process of one of history's most beloved and influential artists. A true titan of the Italian Renaissance, Raffaello di Giovanni Santi (1483–1520)—better known as Raphael—matched ambition with lyricism to create works with both intellectual heft and emotional depth, a necessary skill in the complex political landscape of Renaissance courts. In his short life of only 37 years, he achieved such profound success as a painter, designer, and architect that he was regarded as the pinnacle of artistic perfection for centuries after his death.
Raphael: Sublime Poetry brings together more than 200 of the artist's greatest masterpieces and rarely seen treasures, offering an immersive perspective into the depth and brilliance of Raphael's extraordinary creativity. Follow the full breadth of his life and career, from his origins in Urbino to his rise in Florence, where he emerged as both a peer and a rival to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to his final decade at the papal court in Rome. | | Learn more → | | | | More Upcoming Exhibitions | | |  | | Divine Egypt | | UPCOMING | October 12, 2025–January 19, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue | | | | | | See all exhibitions → | For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit Raphael: Sublime Poetry, The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am, Man Ray: When Objects Dream, Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson, and Divine Egypt.
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Images: Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520). The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna) (detail), ca. 1509–11. Oil on canvas (transferred from wood), overall (diameter): 94.5 cm (37 3/16 in.), framed (diameter x depth): 140.34 × 15.88 cm (55 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.24 | Man Ray (American, 1890–1976). Rayograph, 1922. Gelatin silver print. Private Collection. © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025 | John Wilson (American, 1922–2015). My Brother, 1942. Oil on panel, 12 x 10 5/8 in. (30.48 x 26.9875 cm). Smith College Museum of Art, Purchased, (SC 1943.4.1) Courtesy of the Estate of John Wilson | Triad of Osiris, Horus, and Isis. From Egypt, probably Thebes, Karnak Temple. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon II (about 872–837 BCE). Gold inlaid with lapis lazuli. Acquired in 1872. Paris, Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities (E 6204). © 2025 GrandPalaisRmn (Louvre Museum). Photo: Mathieu Rabea | | | | |
