The first significant, comprehensive survey of Raphael ever attempted in the United States, "Raphael: Sublime Poetry", will be presented at the Metropolitan Museum from March 29 to June 28. Over 200 works will be on display, ranging from drawings to altarpieces, tapestry cartoons, and ornamental objects. The exhibition, which is also much awaited in Italy, is the first major international exhibition wholly dedicated to the master of Urbino in an American museum and, in terms of loan volume, the largest ever arranged of his work overseas. The list of lenders reflects the project's multinational character. Along with American collections, from the National Gallery in Washington to the Boston Museum, European institutions include the Louvre, the Prado, the National Gallery in London, the Uffizi Galleries, the British Museum, the Albertina in Vienna, the Ashmolean in Oxford, the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, and the Vatican Museums. "Raphael: Sublime Poetry" fits perfectly into the season of major exhibitions that, beginning in 2020, have reimagined Raphael's legacy on the fifth centenary of his death. After the monumental project at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome, featuring over 200 works in collaboration with the Uffizi, and the London National Gallery retrospective covering the full scope of the painter’s activity across painting, drawing, architecture, and applied arts, the focus now shifts to New York.