Raphael is the son of art his father Giovanni Santi was a well-known artist and owner of a thriving workshop in Urbino important center artistic era Raphael, however, lost his father at age 11 her mother had passed away when He had just 8 years The Raphael's apprenticeship takes place at Perugia Pietro Vannucci in the workshop said Perugino one of the most famous artists of the sixteenth century is a precocious talent so that even the eighteen were commissioned works from the most important lords Umbrian it is in these years that he became friends by Pinturicchio At 21 he decided to move to Florence fascinated by what was said the well-known works of two artists Tuscan cities Leonardo and Michelangelo At this time the number of Madonna with the child one of the parties to which seems particularly Raphael bound we mention 3 for synthesis duty the lady of the belvedere madonna esterhazy and the Madonna of the Goldfinch E 'with the call of Pope Julius in Rome II that just twenty-five Raphael finds his consecration frescoes in the papal apartments for it is inspired by the four faculties the medieval universities theology, philosophy, poetry and law so it was born one of the most famous paintings Renaissance The School of Athens It seems that the work has Raffaello given to some of the scholars of the world classic the features of the largest artists of his time Heraclitus seems to resemble a lot to Michelangelo Plato to Leonardo da Vinci and Euclid Bramante In addition to being a great artist Raphael also shows a close entrepreneur his workshop in Rome working as a real team so you can follow several projects at the same time despite this perfect organization Raphael's works were so requests that often the clients They had to wait a long time to be satisfied Raphael was also an important architect from 1514 in fact worked to project of St. Peter's Basilica Vatican Madonnas, sacred subjects, portraits famous men, there are many Raphael masterpieces that deserve a deepening we will recommend these works The Marriage of the Virgin is his first signed The deposition Borghese The resurrection of Christ The three Graces Transfiguration and his last work unfinished is completed by Giulio Romano Raphael died on the night of Good Friday 1520 just 37 years contemporaries claimed that the time of death a shock crack the Vatican palaces and the sky filled dark clouds as if the world had lost a deity according to historian Vasari Raphael He died of a fever caused by amorous excesses His body is now preserved in Rome in Pantheon