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Raffaello: la sua vita e le sue opere

J. A. Crowe · 1884-1891

An Italian edition of a major nineteenth-century scholarly biography of Raphael by Crowe and Cavalcaselle.

This Italian edition of Crowe and Cavalcaselle's biography studies Raphael's life and work in detail.

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What it is

This is the Italian edition of a biography of Raphael, written by J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle and published in 1884-1891. The authors were also known for their histories of Italian painting and their study of Titian.

Why it matters

This Italian version made the detailed scholarly research on Raphael's life and work available to Italian readers, spreading nineteenth-century art-historical methods that combined documents with close study of paintings. It reflects the growing international scholarly interest in reconstructing Raphael's biography accurately.

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