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Facts

Also Known As Raffaello Sanzio • Raffaello Santi • Raphael Sanzio
Born April 6, 1483 • Urbino • Italy
Died April 6, 1520 (aged 37) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works “Disputa” • “School of Athens” • Stanza d’Elidoro • Stanza della Segnatura • “The Liberation of St. Peter” • “The Marriage of the Virgin” • “Transfiguration”
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance

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Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael: Resurrection of Christ
Raphael: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
Raphael: Saint Michel
Raphael: Madonna del Prato
Raphael: Madonna and Child
Raphael: School of Athens
Raphael: Triumph of Galatea
Raphael: Portrait of Dona Isabel de Requesens, Vice-Reine of Naples
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael, showing a bearded man in a dark robe with a fur collar and a black cap, seated against a plain background.
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
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Titian: Venus of Urbino
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Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
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The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
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Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
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Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
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Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
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Masaccio: Holy Trinity
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The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
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Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
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Correggio
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Baptism of Christ
Masolino
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Parmigianino
Parmigianino
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The Last Supper
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Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
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Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Filippino Lippi
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Detail of The Dispute of St. Catherine, fresco by Pinturicchio, 1492–94; in the Borgia Apartment of the Vatican.
Pinturicchio
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Madonna with Child and SS. Sebastian and Rocco, oil on wood by Bartolomeo Montagna, 1487; in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy.
Bartolomeo Montagna
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