Search results
Raphael (born April 6, 1483, Urbino, Duchy of Urbino [Italy]—died April 6, 1520, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican.
Background. Giovanni Santi, Raphael's father; Christ supported by two angels, c. 1490. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marches region, [8] where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke.
He also created his most important piece of this time, The Marriage of the Virgin in 1504, which was inspired by Perugino's painting Christ Delivering the Keys to St Peter (1482). In 1504, Raphael moved to Siena, invited by the painter Pinturicchio to prepare drawings for the frescos in the Libreria Piccolomini.
In Raphael’s Alba Madonna (c. 1510), a High Renaissance masterpiece, the three figures of Mary, Jesus, and John the Baptist define a broad pyramid within the circular format of the painting, conveying strength and stability.
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]
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. Short Name: Raphael. Alternative Names: Raphael, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio. Date of Birth: 06 Apr 1483. Date of Death: 06 Apr 1520. Focus: Paintings, Architecture, Drawings. Mediums: Oil, Stone, Glass. Subjects: Figure. Art Movement: Renaissance. Hometown: Urbino, Italy. Raphael Biography Page's Content.
Raphael’s work of art, Transfiguration, was created beginning in 1516, and was thought to be finished by his student of art, Giulio Romano in 1520, after Raphael’s premature death. Cardinal Giulio de’Medici (who later became Pope Clement VII), commissioned Raphael to paint Transfiguration for the city of Narbonne, in France.
