Full Name | Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino |
Date of Birth | March 28 or April 6, 1483 |
Place of Birth | Urbino, Duchy of Urbino |
Date of Death | April 6, 1520 |
Place of Death | Rome, Papal States |
Resting Place | The Pantheon, Rome |
Known For | Painting, architecture |
Notable Works | Raphael Rooms, Sistine Madonna, The School of Athens, Transfiguration |
Movement | High Renaissance |
Contribution | Clarity of form, ease of composition, visual achievement of Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur, part of the trinity of great masters with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo |
Influence | Highly influential in his lifetime, left a large body of work despite dying at 37, influenced Neoclassical painting, regarded as a model by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |