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Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)

Born – Urbino, Italy 1482

Died – Rome, Italy 1520

 

The son of a painter, Raphael worked with the successful Umbrian painter Perugino at an early age. Raphael’s feeling for colour and his ability to convey a sense of emotional tranquillity through his work led to his talent being quickly recognized. Younger then Leonardo and Michelangelo, Raphael identified the enormous contribution these artists were making in Florence and, in 1504, went there to study. From Leonardo he absorbed a sense of composition and drawing skills, and further strengthened his work through a close examination of Michelangelo’s dynamic figures. By 1508, Raphael was much in demand and received his most prestigious commission to date, namely the decoration of the papal apartments of Pope Julius II in the Vatican. Over the next twelve years – until his premature death from fever caused the entire papal court to plunge into grief – Raphael’s great achievements were much celebrated and admired. La Belle Jardiniére is one of his many depictions of the Madonna and Child. In his harmonious composition of the figures unite, combining grandeur, grace and a sense of calm. The relaxed serenity of this work typifies Raphael’s many evocations of the classical “Golden Age”.

 

Masterpieces:

• Saint Catherine of Alexandria
• Baldassare Castiglione

Text: The A-Z of Art, Nicola Hodge and Libby Anson.

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