Raphaelian

comparative more Raphaelian · superlative most Raphaelian · alternative rare Raphaelean

1. relational adjective of Raphael (1483–1520), Italian artist

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   In this respect, the works of the Quattrocentisti appeal to our inner heart incomparably more than the later European art, excellent though this be in execution. There is in them nothing comparable to the gracefulness of a Raphaelian Madonna, but these earlier artists knew how to paint the deep store of faith or emotion, to attract the beholders and to assimilate their hearts to the inner hearts of the figures depicted.

   1906, The Hibbert Journal, volume 4, page 12