Raphael retrospective, the most awaited show of the year, opens at the National Gallery. — Raphael retrospective, the most awaited show of the year, opens at the National Gallery. Albeit having a brief 20-year career, Raphael, together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, forms the trinity of Renaissance masters. He was a visionary painter, architect, draughtsman, designer and archaeologist. …