Raffaello Sanzio, more commonly known as Raphael, was born to his mother and father on April 6, 1483. He was born in the city of Urbino in Italy. Raphael's father worked as a court painter for the Duke of Urbino. Raphael often helped his father paint pictures for the court. By frequenting and growing up around the field as much as he did, Raphaël was introduced to good manners and new social skills. His mother died when he was eight, and although his father remarried, he died four years later. The death of Raphael's parents left him orphaned and living with his uncle, who was a priest. While living with his uncle, Raphael displayed the talent he had acquired while assisting his father at the duke's court. Around the age of fifteen or sixteen, Raphael created a self-portrait, which is the first known example of his work (Raphael Sanzio, 2012). Raphael then begins to work under the direction of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino. It was around 1508 that Raphael traveled to Rome and lived there for most of the rest of his life. In Rome, he was commissioned to create a number of pieces for the Pope. Raphael was supposed to marry a woman named Maria Bibbiena, to whom he was engaged, but he never got the chance. There are several possible reasons why the two never married, but nothing is certain. He did, however, have a mistress who ultimately played a role in his death. Raphael died at the age of thirty-seven and, curiously, he died on the exact date of his thirty-seventh birthday (Raphael Sanzio, 2012). There's no doubt that Raphael Sanzio lived a pretty full life, even if it was cut short. His life was filled with doing what he loved and loving what he did. He had an affair with Margherita Luti and may have played a role in her death (Raphael Biography, 2014). It is said that Raphael had a night of excessive sex with this mistress, Luti, and then fell into an intense fever. The doctors gave him the wrong medicine, causing his death (Raphael Sanzio, 2012). Before his death, Raphael was able to receive his last rites and he put all his affairs in order. He was able to dictate his will and left funds for the care of his mistress and also left most of what was left of the contents of his studio to Giulio Romano and Penni. Raphael's funeral, at the Pantheon at his request, was very grandiose and many people were present (Raphael Biography, 2014). On his sarcophagus, or coffin, it was written: “Here lies that famous Raphael by whom nature feared to be conquered while he lived, and when he died, herself feared to die” (Raphael Sanzio)., 2012).