Raphael painted a lot of his paintings based on the death of his mother and family. One of his art pieces is a portrait of Christ dyeing on the cross and he was a Christian man. Raphael was also influenced by his father who owned a work shop. Raphael was also a architect that loved to design buildings in Rome influenced by Michelangelo. He has also painted painting of great wars that he was saddened by for example he was sad he actually painted 2 angels that rise and heal Christ in side the dark and gloomy cave.