14 moments

1. Birth in Urbino

   1483-01-01 · Urbino, Marche, Italy

   

   Raphael was born in Urbino, the court city in which his father Giovanni Santi worked as painter to the Duke. The exact birth day is disputed between 28 March and 6 April 1483; year retained.

2. Workshop at Città di Castello

   1499-01-01 · Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy

   

   Raphael had an independent workshop in Città di Castello during his early career, a base associated with several early commissions. Coordinate represents the historic centre; the workshop's precise site is not supplied by the source.

3. Piccolomini Library work in Siena

   1502-01-01 · Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

   

   Raphael went to Siena at Pinturicchio's invitation to assist with cartoons and likely designs for the Piccolomini Library fresco cycle in Siena Cathedral. The source gives the year but not a more precise arrival or departure date.

4. Work in Perugia

   1502-01-01 · Perugia, Umbria, Italy

   

   Raphael increasingly worked in Perugia from late 1502, producing altarpieces and a fresco during his Umbrian phase. The source qualifies the chronology with 'seems'; date is therefore recorded only to year precision.

5. Florentine period

   1504-01-01 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

   

   Raphael spent substantial time in Florence during a mobile period that extended to 1508, studying and working among the city's artists. He may not have been continuously resident in Florence; this card records documented substantial presence rather than uninterrupted residence.

6. Move to Florence

   1504-01-01 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

   

   Raphael relocated to Florence, where he studied the city's artistic traditions and developed his mature style. The National Gallery of Art source specifies only 'late in 1504'.

7. Trip to Rome

   1506-01-01 · Rome, Papal States

   

   During his Florentine period, Raphael visited Rome and saw the ancient Death of Meleager sarcophagus, a documented encounter with Roman antiquity before his permanent move. The precise location of the sarcophagus seen on this visit is not specified; coordinates represent Rome.

8. Commission at the Vatican Palace

   1508-01-01 · Apostolic Palace, Vatican City

   

   Soon after arriving in Rome, Raphael received Julius II's commission to fresco the pope's intended private library in the Vatican Palace, initiating his major Vatican work. The commission followed Raphael's documented 1508 move to Rome; coordinate marks the Apostolic Palace.

9. Permanent move to Rome

   1508-01-01 · Rome, Papal States

   

   Raphael moved to Rome at Pope Julius II's invitation and thereafter remained based there for the rest of his life. Coordinates represent central Rome; his specific residence changed during the Roman period.

10. Triumph of Galatea at Villa Farnesina

    1512-01-01 · Villa Farnesina, Rome, Papal States

    

    Raphael created the fresco Triumph of Galatea in the building now called Villa Farnesina, for the banker Agostino Chigi. The source gives 1512 as an 'as early as' date; year precision retained.

11. Cupid and Psyche Loggia at Villa Farnesina

    1517-01-01 · Loggia of Cupid and Psyche, Villa Farnesina, Rome, Papal States

    

    Around 1517 Raphael decorated the ground-floor loggia of Villa Farnesina with the Cupid and Psyche story in anticipation of Agostino Chigi's wedding. The source dates the work approximately; no more precise date is asserted.

12. Residence at Palazzo Caprini

    1517-01-01 · Former Palazzo Caprini, Borgo, Rome, Papal States

    From 1517 until his death, Raphael lived at Palazzo Caprini in the Borgo district near St Peter's. Palazzo Caprini was demolished; coordinates are a representative point for its former Borgo location.

13. Burial at the Pantheon

    1520-01-01 · Pantheon, Rome, Papal States

    

    In accordance with his request, Raphael was buried in the Pantheon, where his tomb remains a major memorial site. The burial followed his death on 6 April 1520; the source does not specify the burial day.

14. Death in Rome

    1520-04-06 · Rome, Papal States

    

    Raphael died in Rome on Good Friday, 6 April 1520, ending his twelve-year Roman period. The exact site of death is not specified in the cited text; coordinates represent central Rome.