RAPHAEL, THE RENAISSANCE PRODIGY

Exceptional destinies

An episode from the series SECRETS OF HISTORY - PORTRAITS

Synopsis

Raphael is one of the masters of Italian Renaissance painting.

A precocious artist, he was made a master at 17 and began his career in Perugia. At 21, he moved to Florence before being summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II.

His work is of exceptional quality and has profoundly impacted Western painting.