RaphaelItalia, 1483–1520San Michele e il drago
Saint Michel
Sul dipinto
San Michele e il drago è un dipinto a olio su tavola (31x27 cm) di Raffaello Sanzio, databile al 1505 circa e conservato nel Museo del Louvre a Parigi.
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- INV 608
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Raphael
Tutta la vita1501
In Perugino's workshop
From 1501 Raphael studied and worked in Pietro Perugino's workshop in Perugia; according to Vasari, his early works cannot be told apart from his master's. He often travelled home to Urbino, to Città di Castello and, with Pinturicchio, to Siena.
c. 1501 – c. 1502 · Luogo di lavoro
Perugia
late 1504
Meets Leonardo and Michelangelo
Having moved to Florence, Raphael met Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Bartolomeo della Porta and closely studied Leonardo's sfumato. His first Florentine commission, portraits of Agnolo Doni and his wife, was painted under the clear impression of the “Mona Lisa”.
1504
Friendship with Baldassare Castiglione
In Urbino Raphael met the philosopher, writer and patron Count Baldassare Castiglione; they formed a firm friendship and correspondence, including the famous letters about the fresco “The Triumph of Galatea”.
1504
To Florence, to study
The mother of the next Duke of Urbino gave Raphael a letter of recommendation to the Gonfaloniere of Florence: “The bearer of this will be found to be Raphael, painter of Urbino, who, being greatly gifted in his profession has determined to spend some time in Florence to study.” She called him “a sensible and well-mannered young man”.
1507
