StNicholas . ^v(^„;i? There was a worthy bcliool-master uho wrote to the trusteesA full report, three times a year, in words quite like to these:The scholars are so orderly, so studious and kind,T is evident I have a gift to train the youthful STORIES OF ART AM) ARTISTS. 115 STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS.*BV Erskink Clkmkni-. Raphael. Raphael Sanzio, or Santi, was born at Urbi-no, on Good Friday, 1483. His father was a goodpainter, and the son showed his talent for art whenvery young. Raphaels mother died when he waseight years old, and his step-mother, Bcrnardina,was devoted to him
StNicholas . ^v(^„;i? There was a worthy bcliool-master uho wrote to the trusteesA full report, three times a year, in words quite like to these:The scholars are so orderly, so studious and kind,T is evident I have a gift to train the youthful STORIES OF ART AM) ARTISTS. 115 STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS.*BV Erskink Clkmkni-. Raphael. Raphael Sanzio, or Santi, was born at Urbi-no, on Good Friday, 1483. His father was a goodpainter, and the son showed his talent for art whenvery young. Raphaels mother died when he waseight years old, and his step-mother, Bcrnardina,was devoted to him, and loved him tenderly. Ashis father died three years after liis mother, he wasleft to the care of an uncle and of Bernardina. Hisfather was doubtless his first instructor, for he wasoccupied in painting a chapel at Cagli before hisdeath, and he took the young Raphael with him tothat place. But we usually say that Perugino washis first master, because, when twelve years old, hewas placed in the school of that painter at he remained nearly eight years, and here,just before leaving, he jjainted one of his very cele-brated pictures, which is now in the gallery of theBrera at Milan. It represents the marriage of theVirgin Mary, and
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