Raphael biography for kids

Raffaello Sanzio, usually known as Raphael (April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), was a Renaissancepainter and architect. He, along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, is considered one of the three greatest painters of the High Renaissance.

He is best known for his paintings of the Madonna and Christ Child and for his paintings in the Vatican in Rome, Italy.

Perugia

Raphael was born in Urbino, in the region of Umbria, Italy.

He was the son of Giovanni Santi (d. 1494), who was also a painter, and Magia di Battista Ciarla (d.

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1491). Raphael's father was his first teacher, but he died when Raphael was only eleven.

When he was about 15, Raphael became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Pietro Perugino.

Perugino was known by that name because he was the most famous painter in the town of Perugia. Perugino was famous not only in Umbria but also in Rome and in Florence, the home of Leo