Pietro Vannucci, called PeruginoWilliamson, George C.
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Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
Williamson, George C.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523
This picture very closely resembles "The Madonna and Child" at the
Borghese Gallery, Rome, also the one at Munich, and also the one in
the Louvre, but neither are replicas one of the other, and each
differs in important details.
The groups at Frankfort, Rome, and Munich are evidently, however,
painted for the face of the Madonna from the same model.
All four I consider to be genuine but late works.
_Bought in 1832 in Munich._
LEIPZIG, MUSEUM.
=The Archangel St. Michael.=
The angel is standing upon the dragon whom he has just killed with a
great sword. The landscape at the back appears to be the work of the
master, but the rest of the picture is school work.
MEININGEN, DUCAL PALACE.
M. Berenson states that there are in this collection a "St. John
Baptist," and a "St. John Evangelist," by Perugino; but I have not seen
them.
MUNICH, OLD PINACOTHEK.
=Vision of St. Bernard.= Panel. 1·73 × 1·65 = 5 ft 9 in. × 5 ft. 6 in.
[1034.]
_Formerly in the Nasi Chapel of the Church of St. Spirito, in
Florence. Acquired for King Ludwig I. in 1829 or 1830 from the House
of Capponi in Florence. There is a study for it in the Uffizi 252,
1115._
Lippo Lippi, Filippino, and Fra Bartolomeo all took the idea from
this picture.
=The Virgin adoring the Child.= Panel. 1·95 × 1·56 = 6 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft.
2 in. [1035.]
The Virgin is standing with clasped hands. The Child is on the
ground before her. On the left is St. John the Divine, on the right
St. Nicholas.
_This picture was taken from Venice to London, thence it came into
the possession of Mr. Henry of Paris, where, in 1815, it was bought
by Von Dillis for 18,000 francs._
Morelli says this is late and superficial in conception, drawing,
and execution.
=Madonna and Child.= Panel. 0·83 × 0·64 = 2 ft. 9 in. × 2 ft. 1 in.
[1036.]
The Virgin is seated, and the divine Child, who is nude, is upon her
knees.
_Acquired in Florence in 1831 by King Ludwig I., and by the State
from the King in 1850._
_See Frankfort._
Morelli says this is feeble and overcleaned.
=The Baptism of Christ.= 0·30 × 0·30 = 1 ft. × 1 ft. [1037.]
The Saviour stands in the shallow water with St. John, who holds his
cross in his left hand and in his right the baptismal shell. Two
angels stand near by.
=The Resurrection.= 0·30 × 0·40 = 1 ft. × 1 ft. 4 in. [1038.]
The Saviour stands by the tomb, near which two watchers are asleep;
a third is running away.
_Two predella pictures from the estate of Inghirami in Volterra, and
sold to the Crown Prince in 1818._
Morelli unites with C. and C. in ascribing them to Perugino.
STRASSBURG.
There was at one time in the Picture Gallery, a portion of the great
altar-piece of 1521 painted for the church of St. Agostino, in Perugia,
but it was destroyed in the conflagration of August 25th, 1870.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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