# Raphael's little doll reference to a fresco painted by Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) in Rome, Italy. Raphael was one of the greatest painters and architects of the Italian Renaissance and was often called the "Divine Raphael" and the "Prince of Italian Painting." In Rome, he worked on papal commissions and also for the cardinals, the princes and merchants; the most important of these private patrons was a banker for whom Raphael painted 12 paintings decorating wall and ceiling of the villa now known as the Farnesina. This included the Legend of Cupid and Psyche (1517-1518, unfinished) executed mainly by his pupils under his guidance.