This book focuses on a crucial but hitherto neglected part of Raphaels oeuvre: the work he & his pupils executed in Rome during the seven years from 1513 to the artists death in 1520. Nearly ninety works including paintings such as Saint Cecile" & " Portrait of Baldassere Castiglione" as well as many significant drawings illustrate the ways in which Raphael employed an astonishing range of technical devices many of which were highly novel & enjoyed considerable subsequent influence: Raphaels workshop methods eventually became a model for the great artistic enterprises of the seventeenth century notably those of Rubens Bernini & Pietro da Cortona. The book also clarifies & focuses on the work of his two most important pupils Gianfrancesco Penni & Giulio Romano. The text surveys Raphaels late paintings in chronological order explores his range of styles & investigates the role of his workshop in the design & production of his pictures. The essayists words & the sublime works of art that accompany them will provide a deeper knowledge of one of the masters with Leonardo & Michelangelo of High Renaissance art."