About the book: 2011 / Famous Italianist, writer and translator Alexander Makhov, author of the biographies “Titian” and “Caravaggio”, translation of the entire poetic heritage of Michelangelo Buonarotti, as well as poetry Leopardi, who was awarded the gold medal of the President of the Italian Republic in 2004 for services to culture and art, dedicated his new book to Raphael. This is the first complete story in Russian about the life and work of the great master of the High Renaissance. The figure of Raphael is shrouded in secrets and legends. The author sheds light on some of them, recognizing that it is impossible to fully comprehend this personality.