Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), better known as Raphael ( RAF-ay-əl, RA(Y)F-ee-əl, RAH-fy-EL), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.
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Full name at birth | Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
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Claim to fame | High Renaissance
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Date of birth | 28 March 1483
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Place of birth | Urbino, Marche, Italy
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Date of death | 6 April 1520
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Age | 37 (age at death)
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Place of death | Rome, Italy
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Resting place | The Pantheon, Rome
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Occupation | Artist
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