Raphael Sanzio

Raphael Sanzio was a great Renaissance

painter and architect. As a young man,

Raphael worked as an apprentice at Pietro

Perugino's art workshop, which inspired

him to pursue a career in the arts. When he

was twenty he moved to Florence, which

was where he was exposed to Da Vinci's

and Michelangelo's work. Although Raphael learned

from both men, and made use of their exploration of

the human anatomy, it has been said that unlike Da Vinci

and Michelangelo, Raphael added sentiment to his paintings.

His time in Florence proved to be a very productive period

of time in his career. Five years later Raphael moved to

Rome. There, he was commissioned to paint some

rooms in the Vatican. This was a great

accomplishment and honor for a man only 25 years

of age. One of his most important papal

commissions were the Raphael Cartoons, which

were made for Leo X. They were a series of 10

cartoons, with scenes from the lives of Saint Paul

and, Saint Peter. Raphael died at the young age of

37. Strangely, his death occurred on the same date

as his birth. At his father's request he was buried at the Pantheon. The Pantheon is a historic building in Rome,