He died when Raphael was eleven, and Raphael seems to have played a role in managing the family workshop from this point. He probably trained in the workshop of Pietro Perugino, and was described …

Raphael (born April 6, 1483, Urbino, Duchy of Urbino [Italy]—died April 6, 1520, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for …

Raphael (1483 to 1520) was an Italian painter and architect who is regarded as one of the greatest of Renaissance artists alongside Michelangelo (1475 to 1564) and Leonardo da Vinci (1452 to 1519). …

Smarthistory – Raphael, an introduction . Art Histories. The basics of art history. Places. Africa. Asia. Europe. North America. South America. Oceania. Periods, Cultures, Styles. Prehistoric. Ancient …

Jan 12, 2026 · Used internationally, Rafael is a Spanish variation of Raphael, that lends itself easily to the nicknames Rafi, Rafa and Rafe. Derived from a Biblical, Hebrew name, meaning "God has …

Raphael (Raffaello Santi) was born in Urbino where his father, Giovanni Santi, was court painter. He almost certainly began his training there and must have known works by Mantegna, Uccello, and …

On July 8, 1497, when Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon with his four-ship fleet to India, the flagship was named São Rafael at the insistence of King Manuel I of Portugal.

Jan 9, 2026 · Raphael, in the Bible, one of the archangels. In the apocryphal Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) Book of Tobit, he is the one who, in human disguise and under the name of Azarias (“ Yahweh …

Rafael " Rafa " Nadal Parera, [a] 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca (born 3 June 1986), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the …

Rafael is a masculine given name. It is a Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Raphael. [1][2] It translates to "God has healed" and "God heals" in Hebrew. [2]