Renaissance Painter Raphael Death. Raffaello sanzio da urbino is believed to have been aged 37 when he died in rome on 6 april 1520, eight days after contracting a fever. Legends say his lusty ways led to his early death.
The high renaissance, which marked the apex of the visual arts in the renaissance, was led by leonardo da vinci, michelangelo and raphael. Italian renaissance painting is the painting of the period beginning in the late 13th century and flourishing from the early 15th to late 16th centuries, occurring in the italian peninsula, which was at that time divided into many political states, some independent but others controlled by external powers. However due to raphael’s untimely death, michelangelo’s influence became more widespread.
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.
The painters of renaissance italy, although often attached to particular courts and with. As such, raphael most likely spent his formative years in contact with the court. Raphael was born into an artistic family, as his father was the court painter to the duke of urbino. The high renaissance, which marked the apex of the visual arts in the renaissance, was led by leonardo da vinci, michelangelo and raphael.