C. Prete - Abstract

The paper examines three nineteenth-century works exhibited in the museum of Raphael’s birthplace in Urbino, recently restored by the Academy. The restoration provided an opportunity to explore the events that followed from their realization to their acquisition, up to their placement inside the museum. In particular, these works are copies of two paintings by Raphael - which at those dates fill the void due to the lack of originals by the master in Urbino - and a sculpture, depicting the young Raphael, which testifies to the spread of the myth around the figure of the painter.