Martin Gayford

How a single year in Florence changed art forever

Some of the most celebrated works ever created sprung from the fierce rivalry that existed in Florence between Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael

‘The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist’, c.1508, by Michelangelo’s youthful rival Raphael. Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest  
issue 02 November 2024
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