Along with Leonardo and Michelangelo, Raphael, the youngest of the famous master triad of the High Renaissance, made an exceptionally deep impression on Italian art. Despite of his short career concentrated in Rome between 1508 and 1520, there was no artist untouched by his style. In his large workshop, many gifted young artists, such as Giulio Romano, Perino del Vaga, Polidoro da Caravaggio and Giovanni da Udine, worked under Raphael's supervision as associates and assistants, participating in the execution of his numerous significant commissions. After Raphael's premature death, members of his workshop completed their master's suddenly interrupted projects and started their own flourishing careers.
The Collection of Drawings and Prints in Budapest preserves six drawings by Raphael: an early study for his first Perugian altarpiece, the Coronation of the Virgin, a study for Saint Jerome from his stay in Florence, the compositional sketch for the Disputa in the Vatican Palace, a powerful Angel Head for the Sala di Costantino a unique preliminary drawing for the renowned Massacre of the Innocents engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi, and the silverpoint Venus, a superb masterpiece of the High Renaissance.
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