Raphael’s seven surviving tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel were photographed for the first time in 1858. Lowered from a window of Hampton Court Palace, where they had been on and off display ...

The Raphael Court at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, which houses some of the UK's finest Renaissance treasures known as the Raphael Cartoons (1515-16), is the subject of a new ...

When visitors return to the V&A, chances are they’ll be going to the handbag exhibition, or the one on Alice in Wonderland or Epic Iran. What may escape many of them is that right next to the Bags ...

But even Raphael never saw the tapestries and his full-scale designs for them together: until now, they have never occupied the same space. Commissioned by Pope Leo X in 1515 (an impressive, highly ...

LONDON (Reuters) - London's Victoria & Albert museum unveiled a revamped look for its gallery holding the Raphael Cartoons on Thursday, following a refurbishment carried out to mark 500 years since ...

For the first time in centuries, 10 magnificent tapestries designed by Renaissance master Raphael will hang together on the walls of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. The tapestries are usually only ...

IN 1515 Pope Leo X commissioned Raphael to create a series of designs for tapestries that would hang on the low walls of the Sistine Chapel, beneath Michelangelo's ceiling. It was an exceptionally ...

LONDON (Reuters) - London's Victoria & Albert museum unveiled a revamped look for its gallery holding the Raphael Cartoons on Thursday, following a refurbishment carried out to mark 500 years since ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Victoria & Albert ...