RAFFAELLO Sanzio
(b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Roma)

The School of Athens (detail)

1509
Fresco
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

Geometry is represented by Euclid, who is explaining to his pupils a geometric diagram he has drawn on a slate. It is thought that Raphael was here portraying the architect Bramante.