CHAPTER XXVIII

-1494. Giovanni Sanzi of Urbino 216

Till lately unjustly depreciated 216

His own account of himself 217

His style and works 218

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