October, 1491. A fresco painted by Giovanni Santi in the house, still standing, in which Raphael was born, representing the Madonna with the child asleep, is supposed to be a picture of his wife Magia with the little Raphael. Giovanni can only have grounded his son in the first rudiments of his art, for he died on I. A ugust, 1494, after marrying a second time, in 1492. Raphael sactual teacher, according to Vasari saccount, was Pietro Vannucci, called il Perugino (born 1446, Fig. i. THE KNIGHTS DREAM. In the National Gallery, London. (A fter an original photograph by Braun, Clement Co., Dornach (A lsace) and Paris.) died 1524), the head of what is called the Umbrian School of painting, whose special characteristic is a tender, poetical feeling combined with a certain timidity of expression in form and colour. But Vasari is evidently mistaken in his story that Giovanni Santi himself brought the boy to Vannucci at Perugia during his mothers lifetime. Raphael probably entered the studio at the age of seventeen, for up to the year 1500 the masters engagements kept him almost constantly employed for years together at a distance from Perugia.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don"t occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books" Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org