Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520)

• Was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. 

• Raphael was one of the finest draftsmen in the history of Western art, and used drawings extensively to plan his compositions. 

• He was one of the last artists to use metalpoint (literally a sharp pointed piece of silver or another metal) extensively, although he also made superb use of the freer medium of red or black chalk.
• In his final years he was one of the first artists to use female models for preparatory drawings—male pupils ("garzoni") were normally used for studies of both sexes.

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