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(răfē-əl, rāfē-, rä′fē-ĕl) Originally Raffaelo Sanzio. 1483-1520.
(răfē-əl, rāfē-, rä′fē-ĕl) Originally Raffaelo Sanzio. 1483-1520. Italian painter whose works, such as The School of Athens (1510) and Sistine Madonna (1512), exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance.