Raphael

: This article is about the Renaissance artist. For other uses, please see Raphael (disambiguation).

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Raphael or Raffaello, a painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance, was born on April 6 1483 and died on his 37th birthday, April 6 1520 (see the note below about earlier confusion about these dates). He was also called Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello de Urbino or Rafael Sanzio de Urbino.

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Painter - Architect - Florentine - Italian - High Renaissance - April 6 - 1483 - 1520

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His life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Vite. Born in Urbino, he studied in Perugia under Pietro Perugino; but after moving to Florence he soon adopted the styles of Leonardo and Michelangelo.

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Giorgio Vasari - Urbino - Perugia - Pietro Perugino - Florence - Leonardo - Michelangelo

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