Renaissance Painter Raphael Death. Together with his contemporaries leonardo da vinci and michelangelo, he is considered to be part of the trinity of great artists of this period. The italian renaissance artist was characterized by stylized figures and the development of perspective.
Raffaelo (raphael) son of the painter giovanni santi and his wife magia ciarla was born on the 28th march or the 6th april 1483. The artist, a child prodigy, and part of a trinity of renaissance greats along with michelangelo and leonardo da vinci. He was a renowned painter and architect who gained the respect and admiration of his peers thanks to his madonnas, portraits, frescos, and architectural compositions.
The renaissance painter, whose cause of death has recently been clarified, died at the age of 37 in rome.last month, historians at the university of milan bicocca published a journal that described how an incorrect diagnosis and the ancient practice of bloodletting may have cost raphael his life.
Now, on the 500th anniversary of the renaissance painter’s. When raffaello sanzio da urbino—better known as raphael—was just 37 years old, he died of a sudden illness often cited as syphilis. A new study by historians at the university of milan bicocca published in a journal of the italian society of internal medicine states that the ancient practice of bloodletting, where blood is withdrawn from a patient to cure disease, contributed to his death. Living in florence from 1504 to 1507, he began painting a series of madonnas..