Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino—known simply as Raphael to most—was part of the ... The artist completed this while he was living in Florence, still in his 20s and an unknown quantity.

A few feet away, a pen-and-ink study of the Virgin and Child by Raphael – who arrived in Florence around 1504 – replicates part of this design; for an electrifying second, it feels as if we ...