Retrospective of Raphael paintings in Minsk

The exhibition project Raphael. Renaissance opened at the National Center for Contemporary Arts in Minsk on 27 November. The exhibition is the largest retrospective of works by painter Raphael Santi and is on display in Eastern Europe for the first time. The exhibition features more than 90 engravings and lithographs of the 16th-19th centuries from drawings, frescoes, and mosaics from private collections in the UK and Germany.

The exhibition showcases 52 lithographs from frescoes made in 1866 by the outstanding German artist and engraver Ludwig Gruner in cooperation with Nicola Consoni.

The exhibition also features the works of Belarusian authors.

Photos by Oksana Manchuk