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He had an extremely grand funeral and requested to be buried next to his late fiancée, Maria Bibbiena, in the Pantheon in Rome. He then claims that Raphael never disclosed the reason for his fever and was thus treated with the wrong medicine, which killed him. While the actual cause of his death is not known, Giorgio Vasari states that he acquired a fever after a night of intense lovemaking with Margherita Luti. Raphael died on April 6, 1520, both his 37th birthday and Good Friday. She was also one of his models and is rendered in his painting. Raphael’s most famous love affair was with Margherita Luti, who was known as the love of his life. He became engaged to Maria Bibbiena in 1514, but she died of illness before they wed. He was sexually precocious and is said to have died from too much lovemakingĪlthough Raphael never married, he was known for his sexual exploits. He also worked on the Villa Madama, an abode of the later Pope Clement VII, the Chigi Chapel and the Palazzo Jacopo da Brescia. He was the Architectural Commissioner of the rebuild of St. Raphael also held several architectural honors during this time. Galatea fresco in the Villa Farnesina by Raphael, 1514

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In 1517, he was appointed the commissioner of antiquities of Rome, giving him full reign over the artistic projects in the city. Eligio degli Orefici in Rome with Bramante. His commissions during this time included the Pope Julius II’s apartment in the Vatican, the fresco of Galatea in the Villa Farnesina in Rome and designing the interior of the church of St. He worked for Pope Julius II’s successor, the son of Lorenzo de’ Medici Pope Leo X, earning him the title ‘Prince of the Painters’ and making him the primary painter in the Medici Court. He was regarded as the most important painter in Rome during his lifetime The School of Athens by Raphael, 1511Īfter his commission to paint in Rome by Pope Julius II, Raphael would continue to work in Rome for the next twelve years until his death in 1520. However, because of his death in Rome at the age of 37, Raphael’s cultural influence was eventually surpassed by Michelangelo’s. While the two painters both exhibited master skill in their works, due to Raphael’s friendly character and amiable disposition, he was preferred by many patrons, eventually exceeding Michelangelo in notoriety. In Florence, Michelangelo accused Raphael of plagiarism after he produced a painting that resembled one of Michelangelo’s.

Raphael and Michelangelo were bitter rivals, both being prominent Renaissance painters who worked in Florence and Rome. From this, he created a style of his own that utilized his delicate taught technique to create rich and decadent pieces. Da Vinci then became one of Raphael’s primary influences Raphael studied his renderings of the human form, his use of the lush coloration known as chiaroscuro and sfumato, and his grandiose style. He was persuaded to diverge from his sophisticated style learned from Perugino to adopt the more emotive, ornamented style used by da Vinci. While in Florence, Raphael met his lifelong rivals, fellow painters Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were the fore-running painters of the Italian High Renaissance Please check your inbox to activate your subscription Thank you! Peter’s Basilica in Rome, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was then invited to work under Pope Julius II in Rome after being recommended by the architect of St. He remained in Florence for four years, cultivating his own recognizable style. In 1504, he moved to Siena and then to Florence, the buzzing epicenter of the Italian Renaissance.ĭuring his time in Florence, Raphael produced numerous Madonna paintings and developed into artistic maturity. He was still working under Perugino at that time, graduating at the age of seventeen with the recognition of a master. He Worked in Urbino, Florence, and Rome Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist (La Belle Jardinière) by Raphael, 1507Īfter his father died, leaving him orphaned at age eleven, Raphael took over his studio in Urbino and was exposed to the humanistic mindset at the court. His father also arranged for him to study under known Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino at age eight.

However, Giovanni was very culturally adept, and through him, Raphael was exposed to and influenced by the modern, sophisticated cultural epicenter of Urbino.

Although his father held this high-ranking position, he was regarded as a painter “of no great merit” by Giorgio Vasari. His father, Giovanni Santi di Pietro was a painter for the Duke of Urbino, Federigo da Montefeltro. Raphael was born to a wealthy Urbino merchant family. Urbino’s Cultural Climate was an Early Influence Portrait of a Young Woman with a Unicorn by Raphael, 1506