| Raphael absorbed the classical qualities of harmony, clarity and balance which were always after associated with him. |
| After Michelangelo and Raphael, he was the most important and variously creative artist of the Roman High Renaissance. |
| The Room of the Signatures, named for the signing of the papal bulls, again features some works by Raphael depicting the enlightenment. |
| Of the seven archangels Raphael is the one usually associated with Mercury, the planet traditionally taken as the planetary ruler of astrology. |
| Machiavelli drew a similar contrast between himself and his predecessors, although he, unlike Sophocles and Raphael, added a value judgment. |
| In 1512-13 Raphael painted above the entrance arch of the Chigi chapel in S. Maria del Popolo a fresco with sibyls and prophets. |
