Raphael Timeline

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  • Raphael is born
    Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael is born

    Raphael Sanzio was born on 1483 in Urbino, Italy. Born Raffaello Santi and is later to be known as just Raphael.
  • Mother Dies
    May 16, 1491

    Mother Dies

    Mágia di Battista di Nicola Ciarla dies because of a fever.
  • May 16, 1494

    Father Dies

  • May 19, 1494

    Raphael is orphaned after his father dies

  • Aprentice to Perugino
    May 16, 1495

    Aprentice to Perugino

    When he was young, Raphael went to study with Perugino and then stayed with him for the next ten years.
  • May 22, 1495

    Travels to Perugia

  • Raphael travels to Sienna
    May 15, 1504

    Raphael travels to Sienna

    In 1504 Raphael moved to Siena with Pinturicchio, a painter whom he had supplied with designs and drawings for the frescoes in the Libreria Piccolomini in Siena. Later, they went to Florence, led by the more reasonable rule of gonfaloniere Pier Soderini after the excesses of Savonarola's years, and where two great masters, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, were at work.
  • The marriage of the virgin is painted
    May 22, 1504

    The marriage of the virgin is painted

  • Taught in Florence
    May 16, 1505

    Taught in Florence

  • Commissioned to paint
    May 16, 1507

    Commissioned to paint

  • Called to Rome by Pope
    May 16, 1508

    Called to Rome by Pope

  • Painted the Triumph of Galatea
    May 22, 1511

    Painted the Triumph of Galatea

  • Appointed chief architect at St. Peters Basilica
    May 5, 1514

    Appointed chief architect at St. Peters Basilica

  • Apr 16, 1515

    Appointed first Superintendent of Antiquities in Rome

  • finished 7 of 10 tapestries
    May 22, 1516

    finished 7 of 10 tapestries

  • Apr 6, 1520

    Raphael dies.

    Raphael passed away on April 6, 1520, on his 37th birthday.