The School of Athens (1509-10), considered a masterpiece of the High Renaissance, depicts the full pantheon of ancient Greek philosophers — as well as a wee selfie of the artist himself. Who painted this fresco?

Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (known as Raphael) (1483-1520) is one of the Big Three masters of the High Renaissance period. Although lasting only forty years, the High Renaissance was a period of explosive artistic productivity that also included Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, just down the hall from Raphael's famous fresco. See if you can spot him in the lower right, peering out at you under his black cap.

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