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Raphael and Giovanni Santi in England

Posted on 22 Jul, 2016 by An Englishwoman in Italy

No, I’m not suggesting that Raphael and his babbo ever visited my country. But their paintings and drawings have taken up permanent residence here. Recently and coincidentally I saw  a drawing by Santi and a small painting by Raphael in unusual contexts. … Continue reading →

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More about Giovanni Santi, the artist Raphael’s father

Posted on 27 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

I can’t resist sharing this quote from Civilisation, by Kenneth Clark, art historian, (rich, leftish, money from Clark’s cotton reels), father of the [more?] famous Alan Clark, politician and diarist, (rich, right-wing, money from Clark’s cotton reels), about Giovanni Santi, … Continue reading →

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Raphael was not Perugino’s pupil, but Giovanni Santi’s

Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Giovanni Santi, Raphael‘s father,  was not a bad artist himself – see June Osborne’s book, Urbino, the story of a Renaissance City, by June Osborne: Frances Lincoln, 2003. (University of Chicago Press in the USA) which I referred to in my previous post. Although Giorgio Vasari in … Continue reading →

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