RAPHAEL IN ROME
Despite prevailing circumstances this year, commemorations have been taking place, with major highlights in Rome in a comprehensive exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale
On the 6th of April 1520, the Urbino-born artist and architect Raphael Sanzio died suddenly while working for the Vatican in Rome. He was only thirty-seven years old and at the peak of his career. The pope, Leo X, wept. Raphael’s friends and lover wept. His patrons wept.
This year is the 500th anniversary of the death
