Raphaelesque

[ raf-ee-uh-lesk, rey-fee-, rah-fee- ]

/ ˌræf i əˈlɛsk, ˌreɪ fi-, ˌrɑ fi- /

of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.

Origin of Raphaelesque

1830–35; raphael + -esque

The landscape is Raphaelesque, and might mark the time when that master and Fra Bartolommeo influenced his style.

Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea D'Agnolo |Leader Scott
As frontispiece is a portrait of the artist by himself, very Raphaelesque.

Freaks of Fanaticism |Sabine Baring-Gould
Whose likeness are you, poor girl, with your everyday prettiness of brows and chin, and your Raphaelesque crick in the neck?

Suburban Sketches |William Dean Howells
Cambiasi had an ardent fancy, and was a bold designer in a Raphaelesque mode.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various

The whole face partakes of the Raphaelesque cast of physiognomy.

Life of John Keats |William Michael Rossetti