Which early Raphael paintings show his developing skill in narrative art?

Early in his career, shortly after completing The Marriage of the Virgin (1504), Raphael demonstrated his developing skill in narrative art through three small paintings: Vision of a Knight, Three Graces, and St. Michael. These works are cited as masterful examples that showcase both his youthful freshness and a maturing ability to control the elements of his own style.1

While these early pieces established his narrative foundation, Raphael’s later work further refined his mastery of the genre. His designs for the tapestry cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo X—such as Christ’s Charge to Peter, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, and The Death of Ananias—are considered prototypes that influenced the European tradition of narrative history painting for centuries. These later works highlight his keen sense of drama, his use of gesture and expression to convey emotion, and his integration of credible physical settings.2