• I was a late 15th and early 16th century Italian painter from Urbino.
  • I had considerable standing as a leading figure of the High Renaissance.
  • I had studied under Perugino and was greatly influenced by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, during a trip to Florence in 1504.
  • At just 25 my reputation was such that I was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II, where I painted the School of Athens fresco in 1509.
  • The rest of my career was spent in Rome where I enjoyed great success.
  • I am credited with depicting religious figures in a deeply pious light combining Christian ideals with the grace and grandeur of classical antiquity.

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