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Raphael's serene, perfectly harmonious Madonnas, papal portraits, and Vatican frescos—the 'School of Athens,' the 'Sistine Madonna'—represent the High Renaissance ideal of beauty, grace, and intellectual clarity. Dying at 37, his compact oeuvre is almost entirely in institutions. Drawings appear occasionally at auction and command above $30 million.
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