RAFFAELLO Sanzio
Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520 Italian painter and architect. As a member of Perugino's workshop, he established his mastery by 17 and began receiving important commissions. In 1504 he moved to Florence, where he executed many of his famous Madonnas; his unity of composition and suppression of inessentials is evident in The Madonna of the Goldfinch (c. 1506). Though influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's chiaroscuro and sfumato, his figure types were his own creation, with round, gentle faces that reveal human sentiments raised to a sublime serenity. In 1508 he was summoned to Rome to decorate a suite of papal chambers in the Vatican. The frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura are probably his greatest work; the most famous, The School of Athens (1510 C 11), is a complex and magnificently ordered allegory of secular knowledge showing Greek philosophers in an architectural setting. The Madonnas he painted in Rome show him turning away from his earlier work's serenity to emphasize movement and grandeur, partly under Michelangelo's High Renaissance influence. The Sistine Madonna (1513) shows the richness of colour and new boldness of compositional invention typical of his Roman period. He became the most important portraitist in Rome, designed 10 large tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel, designed a church and a chapel, assumed the direction of work on St. Peter's Basilica at the death of Donato Bramante,

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RAFFAELLO Sanzio The Triumph of Galatea (detail) oil painting


The Triumph of Galatea (detail)
1511 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
Painting ID::  8746
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
The Triumph of Galatea (detail)
1511 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio The Alba Madonna oil painting


The Alba Madonna
1511 Oil on canvas, diameter 98 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  8747
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
The Alba Madonna
1511 Oil on canvas, diameter 98 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio St George and the Dragon oil painting


St George and the Dragon
1505-06 Oil on wood, 28.5 x 21.5 cm
Painting ID::  51222
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
St George and the Dragon
1505-06 Oil on wood, 28.5 x 21.5 cm
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio Disputation of the Holy Sacrament oil painting


Disputation of the Holy Sacrament
1510-11 Fresco, width at the base
Painting ID::  51228
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
Disputation of the Holy Sacrament
1510-11 Fresco, width at the base
   
   
     

RAFFAELLO Sanzio Madonna with the Fish oil painting


Madonna with the Fish
1512-14 Oil on canvas
Painting ID::  51236
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
Madonna with the Fish
1512-14 Oil on canvas
   
   
     

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     RAFFAELLO Sanzio
     Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520 Italian painter and architect. As a member of Perugino's workshop, he established his mastery by 17 and began receiving important commissions. In 1504 he moved to Florence, where he executed many of his famous Madonnas; his unity of composition and suppression of inessentials is evident in The Madonna of the Goldfinch (c. 1506). Though influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's chiaroscuro and sfumato, his figure types were his own creation, with round, gentle faces that reveal human sentiments raised to a sublime serenity. In 1508 he was summoned to Rome to decorate a suite of papal chambers in the Vatican. The frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura are probably his greatest work; the most famous, The School of Athens (1510 C 11), is a complex and magnificently ordered allegory of secular knowledge showing Greek philosophers in an architectural setting. The Madonnas he painted in Rome show him turning away from his earlier work's serenity to emphasize movement and grandeur, partly under Michelangelo's High Renaissance influence. The Sistine Madonna (1513) shows the richness of colour and new boldness of compositional invention typical of his Roman period. He became the most important portraitist in Rome, designed 10 large tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel, designed a church and a chapel, assumed the direction of work on St. Peter's Basilica at the death of Donato Bramante,

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