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RAPHAEL

Raphael (Raphaello) was an Italian painter. He was born in 1483 at Urbino and died in 1520. His early training was under Timoteo Viti, but when he was seventeen he went to Perugia, to work in the studio of Perugino, who made a lasting impression upon Raphael. Later, Raphael when to Florence where he made a study of the work in sculpture of Donatello and Michelangelo, and of the paintings of Leonardo, and while in Florence became very friendly with Fra Bartolommeo. In 1508 Raphael was in Rome, and entrusted by Julius II with the decoration of certain rooms in the Vatican. In 1512, Leo X commissioned other frescoes which Raphael finished in 1514.
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