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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino [a] (Italian: [raffaˈɛllo ˈsantsjo da urˈbiːno]; March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), [2] [b] now generally known in English as Raphael (UK: / ˈ r æ f eɪ. ə l / RAF-ay-əl, US: / ˈ r æ f i. ə l, ˈ r eɪ f i-, ˌ r ɑː f aɪ ˈ ɛ l / RAF-ee-əl, RAY-fee-, RAH-fy-EL), [4] was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
The Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael.Cardinal Giulio de Medici – who later became Pope Clement VII (in office: 1523–1534) – commissioned the work, conceived as an altarpiece for Narbonne Cathedral in France; Raphael worked on it in the years preceding his death in 1520. [1]
Raphael died in Rome in 1520 aged 37, probably from pneumonia, and was buried in Rome's Pantheon. Raphael probably didn't like his nose, and replaced it with an idealized version in his famous ...
Raphael is considered to be a “master” of the High Renaissance, a title he shares with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. He was born in 1483 and died in 1520, living a mere thirty-seven years. Despite his relatively short lifespan, his influence was significant. He produced a vast quantity of work in a variety of media.
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Giovanni Santi (c. 1435 – 1 August 1494) was an Italian painter and decorator, father of Raphael Sanzio. He was born in 1435 at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino. He studied under Piero della Francesca and was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. He was court painter to the Duke of Urbino and painted several altarpieces among other things. He ...
The Procession to Calvary (Raphael) [Wikidata] National Gallery, London, United Kingdom: Oil on panel 24,4 x 85,5 1504–1505 Madonna del Granduca: Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy: Oil on panel 84,4 x 55,9 1505: Ansidei Madonna: National Gallery, London, United Kingdom: Oil on panel 216,8 x 147,6 1505: Saint John the Baptist Preaching (Raphael ...
It was most likely painted to Raphael's design between 1520 and 1524. After the master's death, Giulio Romano worked together with other members of Raphael's workshop to finish the commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello , in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican .