Raphael Raphael, born as Raffaello Sanzio, was a masterful Italian painter during Renaissance period. His paintings were many, even for a life of only 37 years, living from 1483 to 1520. These paintings took upon themselves many aspects and styles, some he learned through other painters, while others he created on his own. And these styles that he created or mastered, such as linear perspective, is how Raphael impacted the Renaissance period. Raphael began his painting under his father, Giovani Santi, a painter for the Duke of Urbino. His mother died at only age eight, and after his father died at age eleven, Raphael took over his painting workshop. Raphael was very young for this, but he did well. He later became an apprentice for Perugino, a well-known painter of the time. Being that Raphael is known to mimic other …show more content…
It was said in Commentary on Raphael from Gardener’s Art Through the Ages, “While Raphael was still in the studio of Perugino, the latter painted a panel of The Marriage of the Virgin, which, in its composition, very closely resembles the central portion of his [Christ Delivering the Key of the Kingdom to Saint Peter]. Perugino’s panel, now in the Museum of Caen, probably served as the model for Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin. Although scarcely twenty-one, Raphael was able to recognize and to remedy some of the weaknesses of his master’s composition. By relaxing the formality of Perugino’s foreground figure screen and disposing his actors in great depth, the young artist not only provides them with greater freedom of action but also bridges the gap between them and the building in the background more successfully. The result is a painting that, although it resembles its model very closely, is nevertheless more fluid and better unified.” This discusses how, even at the relatively young age of 21, Raphael had enough talent