Raphael

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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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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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St. Raphael	Raphael's Loggia	Raphael Madonna $6.99 c.1985	Raphael Madonna $6.99 c.1985
Raphael Madonna $6.99 c.1985	Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It	Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It	Saint-Raphael circa 1930
The Death of Raphael c.1806	The Archangel Raphael Advises Tobias to Catch a Fish	Artist Raphael Soyer Painting Scene from the Movie "The Long Voyage Home"	Statue of Raphael Sanzio of Urbino 1897