The Drawings of Raphael: Ashmolean Guided Tour
12 May 2027
2:00-3:00pm
Ashmolean Museum Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH
Event status:
Applications being accepted
Dates:
12 May 2027
Study Format:
In-person day/weekend
Fees:
£25.00
The Ashmolean Museum treasures one of the most important collections of Raphael’s drawings. They vary in theme, technique, medium and size, providing rich insights into his artistic practice and working methods. Raphael executed drawings as preparatory for his paintings, exploring initial ideas in quick preliminary sketches that he gradually developed into studies of the highest level of finish and perfection. In addition, his drawings were used in his workshop as references for assistants to carry out his commissions, or as designs to be engraved and circulated to a wider audience.
This guided viewing will centre on twelve of Raphael’s drawings. It will discuss his artistic practice, new drawing techniques and relationships with his own paintings, spanning early studies from his formative years in Umbria to drawings made in Florence and in his mature years in Rome. They will include studies for the Baronci Altarpiece (Naples), for his famous Entombment (Rome) and for Virgin and Child compositions, as well as a self-portrait and drawings for the Stanze (Rome) and the Transfiguration (Rome). The examination of his drawings will be adopted mainly chronologically to facilitate our appreciation of both changes and continuities in his technique and drawing style.
Please note: this event will close to enrolments at 23:59 on 9 May 2027.
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Recommended reading
Joannides, P., The Drawings of Raphael (Oxford, 1983)
Chapman, H., Henry, T., Plazzotta, C., Raphael: From Urbino to Rome (National Gallery, London, 2004)
Jones, R. and Penny, N., Raphael (Yale University Press, 1983)
Programme details
12 May 2027
1.50pm
Registration (in front of the Ashmolean)
2pm
Guided tour starts
3pm
End of tour
Fees
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| Event fee | £25.00 |
Funding
If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit, or are a care-leaver in the UK, you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees. Please see the below link for full details:
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Dr Juliana Barone
Juliana Barone was awarded her Doctorate at Trinity College, Oxford University, had a Junior Research Fellowship at St John’s College, Oxford University, and is both Research Fellow at the Warburg Institute and Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has published extensively on Leonardo da Vinci’s visual and written works, as well as on their historical reception in Italy, France, England and northern Europe. She has also curated exhibitions in London, Milan and Florence, is on the board of specialised Leonardo journals, and of the Leonardo da Vinci Society in London.
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Image: Drawing of Mother and Child by Raphael
