It represented the Madonna, but was at one time labelled as St. Apollonia. It was opposite to the archangel in the original altar-piece, and was a tondo. STUTTGART, ROYAL MUSEUM. =The Nativity.= 87 × 87. [236.] Signed: =PETRVS PERRVSINVS.= ITALY. CHURCH OF ST. MARY OF THE ANGELS, ASSISI (near). A fragment of a =Crucifixion= resembling No. 57 in the Accademia. The upper part was destroyed in 1700 during the demolition of the old choir, the lower part was restored by Castellani in 1830. It is on the Portiuncula on the outside of the east wall. ASCOLI. Eastlake states that in a private collection at Ascoli is a "Virgin and Child surrounded by saints," brought from Mentone, near Città di Castello, the upper part of which is in gold with reliefs of angels. If this is so it is quite different to anything else of Perugino's work. BETTONA, CHURCH OF THE MINORITES. A votive portrait, commissioned by a Perugian captain called Boto da Maraglia, who was taken prisoner by the French, but eventually released. 6·3 × 4·6 = 2 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft. 6 in. It is in distemper on canvas, and Boto, in full armour, is kneeling and looking up to St. Anthony, who holds in one hand a book, and in the other the fire. The inscription is as follows: =BOTO DE MARAGLIA DE PEROGA QVANDO FO PREGIONE DE FRANCIOSE CHE FO ADI XI DE FEBRAIO MDXII PETRVS PINXIT DE CASTRO PLEBIS.= In the same church is a =Madonna between St. Manno and St. Jerome=, with male and female patrons under her cloak, and with angels above. 6·3 × 4·6 = 2 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft. 6 in. BOLOGNA, PINACOTECA. =The Assumption.= Circa, 1496. Signed: =PETRVS PERVGINVS PINXIT.= BOLOGNA, CHURCH OF ST. MARTINO MAGGIORE. =The Virgin in Glory.= The Virgin is in the sky, standing, a child-angel is on either side, and around are cherub heads, while on either side are two kneeling angels. Below are the apostles grouped around the empty tomb. There are two trees, one on either side of the picture, clearly defined against the sky. BORGO SAN SEPOLCRO, THE CATHEDRAL. =The Ascension of Christ.= _This picture, according to Vasari, was painted in Florence, and commissioned by the Abbot Simone de' Graziani, and conveyed to the cathedral at heavy cost on the backs of porters. There is a similar picture at Lyons very closely resembling this one._ See page 41. There is a =Study= for three apostles in this picture in the Uffizi [251, 406.] CANTIANO, CHURCH OF STA. MARIA DELLA COLLEGIATA. =The Holy Family.= CERQUETO. =Figure of San Sebastian.= The inscription recorded by Orsini ("Vita di P.P." p. 204) is as follows: