Pietro Vannucci, called PeruginoWilliamson, George C.
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Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
Williamson, George C.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523
S popul de Cerqueto a fatta fare questa capella =A.D.= Maria
Madalena per =C.H.= da peste gi usci liberare Cavandoli da le Hoscie
=D= tal pena cusigli piaccia cuq =HV= operare che mi e semp ne abbia
ad scampare e tutti qlli =C.H.= in lei =AN= devotion =AD= laude di
Dio quisto sermone Petrus Perusinus pinxit =MCCCCLXXVIII=.
CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE, SANTA MARIA DE BIANCA.
=Fresco.= About 18 × 18.
The Madonna is seated on a throne under the usual open-roofed
canopy, and bears the Infant Christ on her knees. Behind her are the
cattle, and at her side St. Joseph with his staff. Two of the kings
are kneeling and presenting their gifts. The third is bringing his
in. Around are their companions and attendants, and in the
background their retinue of horsemen. There is an angel flying
toward the canopy, and below it is the star.
The picture is inscribed: =A.D. MDIIIJ.=
CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE, CHURCH OF ST. PETER.
=St. Anthony.= Fresco.
St. Anthony seated on a throne, one hand resting on a staff, the
other raised in benediction. He is between St. Paul the Hermit and
St. Marcellus (or Macarius), who stand beside him. High up above is
the Eternal Father within a mandorla of cherubs.
CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE, THE CATHEDRAL.
Behind the High Altar--=Virgin in Glory=.
The Madonna is adored by St. Protasius, St. Peter, St. Paul, and St.
Gervasius, and the two Umbrian saints carry flags in their hands
which bear the arms of Città della Pieve.
_The picture was ordered in 1513 Marchisino Cristophori Mansii,
prior of St. Gervasio._
It is inscribed: =PETRVS CRISTOFERI VANVTII DE CASTRO PLEBIS PINXIT
MDXIII.=
First chapel on left--=Baptism of Christ by St. John=.
St. John is pouring the water from a shell over Our Lord's head. Two
angels stand by, and above is the Dove of the Holy Spirit.
Right of High Altar--=Virgin and Child seated on a throne, with St. John
Baptist, St. John Divine, St. Domenic, and St. Francis.= (Dated 1513.)
Two angels are above.
CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE, ST. MARIA DE SERVI.
A fragment of a =Descent from the Cross=, in which the Madonna is
supported by two Maries.
It is dated 1517. The inscription is much mutilated, and seems to
read something as follows: ..... esta hopera fero depengere la
campagnia della S .... Cossi dicta in li anno dmi =MDXVII= Petr P P.
CORCIANO.
=The Assumption of the Virgin.=
St. Thomas is below between two groups of the other disciples
receiving the girdle of Our Lady.
In the Sacristy of the Church are the two predella panels representing
the "Adoration of the Magi" and "The Annunciation."
CREMONA, CHURCH OF ST. AGOSTINO.
=The Virgin with St. James and St. Augustine.=
The Virgin is on a throne, and holds the divine Child in her arms.
On the left is St. James, on the right St. Augustine.
On the throne is inscribed: =PETRVS PERVSINVS PINXIT
MCCCCLXXXXIIII.=
DERUTA
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