His portrait of his son, the divine
Raffaele 218
1483. Apr. 6. Birth of Raffaele Sanzio of Urbino,
surnamed "the Divine" 220
Notice of his biographers 220
His appearance happily timed 221
First pictorial influences on his mind 222
1495. He goes to the school of Perugino 223
1500-1504. His earliest independent works at Città
di Castello 225
" " Returns to paint at Perugia 226
" " Visits Siena and Florence 226
" " Returns to paint at Urbino 227
" " His second visit to Florence 227
" " With a recommendation from Joanna
della Rovere 228
1504-1505. His works, patrons, and associates there 228
1505-1507. Again painting at Perugia 230
1505-1507. His intercourse with Francia 231
1503-1508. And with the polished court of Urbino 231
" " Works commissioned of him there 232
" " His recently discovered fresco at Florence 234
CHAPTER XXIX
1508. He is called to Rome by Julius II. 235
" And employed to paint in the Stanze 236
1508-1513. His plan for the frescoes there detailed
and examined 236
1513. Feb. 21. Death of Julius II. 239
1513-1520. Raffaele's powers overtaxed 240
" " He gradually falls into "the new manner" 241
" " The charge against him of a vicious life
unfounded 241
" " Question how far he imitated others 242
" " Especially Michael Angelo 243
" " No parallel between them 244
" " His diminished intercourse with Urbino 246
1520. Apr. 6. His sudden death and funeral 247
" His intended marriage and cardinal's hat 249
" His varied gifts 250
" Testimonies to his merits 250
" His sense of beauty 251
" Purity of his taste 252
CHAPTER XXX
1470-1523. Timoteo Viti 254
His picture of questioned orthodoxy 256
1444-1514. Donato Bramante 259
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