The Strangest Art Exhibitions From Around the World

Born and Died on the Same Day

Considered a master painter at age 17, Raphael was given the prestigious honor of painting the Pope’s private room in the Vatican, where his masterpiece The School of Athens can be found. Though a contemporary of Michelangelo, he died 43 years before him on his own 37th birthday.

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