COPYRIGH T, x 8 77, OSGOOD c o. BY J A M E S R . A ll Rights Rese r ved . s H W UNIVE RSITY Pus : JO N ILSON SO N, CA M BRIDGE . F C E P R E A . THE object of this work is to pl a ce b e fore th e peo le i of th e r e a te s t of t li i t s p a b ography g I a an pa n er , at on ce ut ti t a n d i s i . Th e l s t a hen c, compac , nexpen ve a two requis ites are in th e provin ce of th e publis hers ; a n d in order to approximate to th e firs t th e author l a n s tl A ll th d has labored ong d earne y. e recor ed ’ facts of th e artis t s pers onal a n d profes s ional life have s e t f t wit s m of th e uts id in flu here been or h, h o e o e e n ce s which combined to s hape h is cours e a n d indi t th e li s for th e d v l m t of h is ius ca e ne e e op en gen . M of h is f m us i tu s v l s d s i d any a o p c re ha e a o been e cr be , with a s much of detail a s would interes t th e general reader ; a n d their oftentimes s ingular his tories are s e t f t i fl a n d wit ut dl or h br e y ho nee es s words . S tudents of th e his tory of a r t wh o wis h to read a n d ponder over long dis cus s ions on minor p oints of ’ R l s lif wh o th e s i l a n d s m aphae e, or enjoy ngu ar o e tim s mus i t i s of F a n d G iti s e a ng heor e rench erman cr c , c a n fin d s atis faction in th e numerous heavy tomes a n d E 4 PRE FA C . manifold volumes wherein thes e s ubjects have been - Th e s t i in fin ite s ima lly wire drawn . pre en work a ms a t i i th e s ults of s u tr s i s it ut g v ng re ch con over e , w ho a i paragraph of padd ng. It is almos t needles s to s a y that th e chief authority ’ “ on which this biography res ts is Pas s avant s Ra ” ’ h a e l of U i in P ul L i s di i wit ! p rb no ( a acro x e t on, h re is i l t s ulis d a t P is in 1 8 60 in two v ona no e , p b he ar , Wit t is a r t- l s s i I th volumes). h h c a c have compared e biographies of Raphael which have been written by V s i ua tr e mér e de ui Von Wolz o e n C l s a ar , Q Q ncy, g , har e Bl C l s Cl t C. P . L d a n d t s . anc, har e emen , an on, o her For Italian a r t-his tory a t that epoch I have cons ul ted L z i Kul E s tl k L d C w a n d C l an , g er, a a e, ayar , ro e ava s ll Worn um s i i S ds a n d s ca e e, , Ro n , ymon , Jame on. ’ Gruye r s voluminous works on th e Madonnas a n d th e fr es cos of Raphael have als o been us eful ; with th e li t l s of T i H a rve s H d Bu « Ita an rave a ne, are, J , ea , rck dt Hi W ir r l d Fa h olt &c . a n d D is ha , l ar , aagen, , ; enn ’ ” ’ ” s Du s f i t o U a n d s s Le o X. oun ke rb no, Ro coe M. F. S WE E TSE R. T CON ENTS . CHA PTE R I . - 1 483 1 495. n on a rb in . Birth of Ra ha E a rl Giova n n S n ti. U o p el . y h i Pe rugia . Th e Umb ria n Sc ool. Pe rug n o. CHA PTE R II. 1 495- 1 504 ’ W — i E a rl rks. A t C de l Ra pha e l in Pe rugin o s Studio. y o tta Ca s ” n te ll o . A t Sie n a . Lo Sp osa liz io. H o ors a t Urbin o. CHA PTE R III. - 1 504 1 508 . ’ — Ra ph a e l s Life a n d Works a t Fl or e n ce , fr om 1 504 to 1 508 . E x — curs ion s to P e rugia , Bologn a , a n d Urb in a The Summon s to Rome CH A PTE R IV. - 1 508 1 5 1 3 . l 1 t 1 1 — Ra ph a e a t Rome fr om 50 8 o 5 3, un de r Julius I I. Th e Va tiua r n h F e scos. In flue ce of Mic a e l A n ge lo. La Forn a rin a 0 CHA PTE R V. 1 - 1 5 3 1 5 1 4. ’ Th e A cce s sion of Le o X. Ra ph a e l s Pa la ce a n d his F rie n ds . - — ’ Pa in tin gs in 1 5 1 3 1 4. A ppoin te d A rchite ct of St. Pe te r s. 6 CON TE N TS . CHA PTE R VI . 1 1 - 1 5 4 5 16 . — ’ — Th e Va tica n De cora tion s Th e Sta n z a de ll In ce n dio. Th e Loggie a n d th e Ta p e s tr ie s . A r chite ctura l Works a n d Dra w ’ in gs . Ra pha e l s Pup ils CHA PTE R VII . - 1 5 1 6 1 5 1 8 . PA GE ’ 1 6 1 1 a n d 1 1 8 . Th e M a don n a s a t Ra pha e l s Pa in tin gs in 1 5 , 5 7, 5 n n Th i Flore n ce . Th e Sistin e M a do a . e Chig Fr es cos CH A PTE R VIII . 1 - 1 5 8 1 5 20. ’ H is e rson a l A e a ra n ce a n d Sur Ra ph a e l s La s t Two Ye a rs . P pp ” a r oun din gs Th e Tra n sfigura tion . De a th of R pha el . His Ra n k a mon g A rtis ts 0 LISt OI Picture s 0 In de x 0 I L U S T R A T I N L O S . RA PHA E L . PORTRA IT OF RA PHA E L ST. CE CILIA ST. MA RGA RE T S ISTINE MA DONNA LE ONA RD O D A MONNA LISA TH E BA TTLE OF TH E STA NDA RD TH E VIRGIN OF TH E ROCKS PORTRA IT OF LE ONA RDO DA VINCI M I CH A E L A N GE L O. PORTRA IT OF M ICHA E L A NGE LO CA RTOON OF PISA TH E LA ST JUDGME NT TH E TH RE E FA TE S R A P H A E L . A P E CH T R I . — i — Bir th o Ra h a el — E a r l Studis Giova n n i Sa n ti . Urb n o. f p . y o . rui Th e Umb ri a n S h ool Peruin o Pe g a . c . g . A PHA E L SA NZ IO DA RBINO P of R U , the rince P t of ainters , was born in the ci y Urbino , on the f f S Sa n 6 th of A 1 8 . o pril , 4 3 The amily anti, or in zio, was an old and respectable one, which i cluded several artists and ecclesiast cs, and had recently moved to Urbino from the outlying cas tle of S hamlet Colbordolo . The young Giovanni anti “ devoted h Imse lf to what he called the admirable of of art painting, and in due time became one of the best the Umbrian artists, nearly equal to P P A w of erugino or inturicchio . bout t enty his f pictures still remain , showing eeble color and t rigid ou lines, combined with correct drawing of and simplicity conception .