Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

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  • 1483

    Rafael is born in Urbino, Italy.

  • 1491

    His father, Giovanni Santi, also a painter, dies and he begins to work in the workshop of his uncle Bartolomeo.

  • 1504

    Rafael begins working in Florence for the famous Renaissance painter and sculptor Leonardo da Vinci.

  • 1508

    Rafael starts working for Pope Julius II in Rome.

  • 1509

    Rafael starts painting "The School of Athens"

  • 1511

    Rafael starts painting "The Madonna of Foligno".

  • 1511

    Rafael finishes painting "The School of Athens"

  • 1512

    Rafael finishes painting "The Madonna of Foligno".

  • 1514

    Rafael starts designing "The frescoes of the Villa Farnesina"

  • 1517

    Rafael finishes designing "The frescoes of the Villa Farnesina"

  • 1518

    Rafael marries Maria Bibbiena and becomes the father of two children.

  • 1520

    Rafael dies at the age of 37 in Rome due to a fever and is buried in the Pantheon in Rome.