Raphael Sanzio (Santi) (1483-1520)

Raphael Sanzio, or Raphael Santo, famous painter, sculptor and architect of the Roman school of arts, was born at Urbino and died at Rome (1483-1520). Raphael was the pupil of Perugin, and was later called to Rome by Bramante, to join the decorating of the pontifical quarters, where he was appointed to paint the Stanza della Segnatura (The Room of the Signature).

Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Raphael personifies the genius of the Renaissance. He had, at the courts of Julius II and Leon X, an exceptional situation - as he lived the life of a prince, and worked like a titan.

Raphael's genius made balance of a wide range of aptitudes: perfect drawing, dynamism and precision of movement, harmony, a sovereign wielding of lines, a mastery of colours of infinite delicateness. He is impossible to imitate in the art of Madonnas, who under his brush gained brilliant youth, freshness, and chaste maternity.

Having died while still young, raphael left behind a legacy of masterpieces: "The Holy Family", "The Garden of Eden", "St. Michael Fighting the Devil", "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament", The School of Athens, Parnassus, the frescoes of The Chambers and Loggias of Vatican.

Raphael Sanzio "Crucifixion" (1502-1503) National Gallery, London	Raphael Sanzio "The Transfiguration" (1516-1520) Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "Madonna with the Blue Diadem" (1510-1511) The Louvre, Paris	Raphael Sanzio "The Holy Family" (1518) The Louvre, Paris
Raphael Sanzio "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament - detail" (1509-1510) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament - detail" (1509-1510) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The School of Athens" (1509ñ1510) The Apostolic Palace, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The Annunciation" (1502-1503) Pinacoteca, Vatican
Raphael Sanzio "The Mass at Bolsena" (1512) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "Sistine Madonna" (1513-1514) Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden	Raphael Sanzio "The Battle at Pons Milvius" (1520-1524) Stanza di Constantino, The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament" (1509-1510) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican
Raphael Sanzio "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament - detail" (1509-1510) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "St Cecilia" (1514) Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna	Raphael Sanzio "Madonna with the Fish" (1512-1514) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Raphael Sanzio "Psyche Offering Venus the Water of Styx" (1517) The Louvre, Paris
Raphael Sanzio "The Madonna of the Goldfinch" (1505-1506) Uffizi, Florence	Raphael Sanzio "The Three Graces" (1504-1505) Conde Museum, Chantilly	Raphael Sanzio "Heads and hands of the Apostles" (c.1514) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	Raphael Sanzio "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament - detail" (1509-1510) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican
Raphael Sanzio "The Sibyls" (1514) Santa Maria della Pace, Rome	Raphael Sanzio "Madonna della Seggiola framed" (1514) Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence	Raphael Sanzio "The Alba Madonna" (1511) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Raphael Sanzio "Solly Madonna" (c. 1502) Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Raphael Sanzio "Lady with a Unicorn" (1505) Galleria Borghese, Rome	Raphael Sanzio "The Triumph of Galatea" (1512) Villa Farnesina, Rome	Raphael Sanzio "St Michael and the Satan" (1518) The Louvre, Paris	Raphael Sanzio "Madonna and Child" (c. 1503) Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena
Raphael Sanzio "Spozalizio" (1504) Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	Raphael Sanzio "Philosophy" (1509-1511) Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "St George and the Dragon" (1505-1506) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Raphael Sanzio "Madonna of Belvedere" (1506) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Raphael Sanzio "The Coronation of Charlemagne" (1514) Stanza dell'Incendio di Borgo, The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The Knight's Dream" (c. 1504) National Gallery, London	Raphael Sanzio "Psyche Received on Olympus" (1517) Villa Farnesina, Rome	Raphael Sanzio "The Judgment of Solomon" (1509-1511) Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
Raphael Sanzio "Isaac and Rebecca Spied upon by Abimelech" (1518-1519) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The Creation of the Animals" (1518-1519) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "Jacobs Dream" (1518-1519) The Apostolic Palace, Vatican	Raphael Sanzio "The Granduca Madonna" (1504) Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

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