Pietro Vannucci, called PeruginoWilliamson, George C.
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Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
Williamson, George C.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523
There is a study for five of the apostles in the Uffizi, 257, 405.
FLORENCE, CHURCH OF LA CALZA.
=The Crucifixion.=
The Magdalen is at the foot of the cross, and around are St. Jerome,
St. Francis, St. John Baptist, and St. Giovanni Columbini of Siena.
FLORENCE, VIA FAENZA.
I am only prepared to accept the general idea of the =Cena di Foligno=
as belonging to Perugino. He may have done the landscape, but I doubt
it; and the figures around the table I do not think are his at all. Mr.
Berenson, however, accepts part of this work as Perugino's, and dates it
very early about 1490.
FLORENCE, ST. SPIRITO WEST WINDOW.
=Ascension.=
Mr. Berenson states that this is from a design by Perugino.
MACERATA.
=Madonna and Child with two Saints.=
Only a small part of this is by the master, the remainder is by
pupils.
MILAN, POLDI PEZZOLI MUSEUM.
=Madonna and Child.= Panel. 0·29 × 0·23 = 11 in. × 9 in.
The Virgin is seated, and has the divine Child on her knees. On
either side of her is an angel, one having clasped hands and the
other with its hands folded across its breast.
MONTEFALCO, CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS (NEW PINACOTECA).
=The Nativity.=
Perugino's favourite structure with a pointed roof resting on four
columns occupies the centre of the picture; under it is the divine
Child lying upon the ground. The Madonna and St. Joseph are kneeling
on either side, and behind them are the shepherds and some cattle.
Above, in the curve of the arch, is depicted the Eternal Father
seated on the clouds within a mandorla of cherubs heads and on
either side are kneeling adoring angels.
NAPLES, NATIONAL MUSEUM.
=Madonna and Child.= [11.]
Our Lady is seated, and has the divine Child, who is nude, on her
knee. The scene is in a rocky valley. On the left is a man on a
white horse and three youthful companions, on the right a group of
five persons, two of whom hold golden cups in their hands.
NAPLES, DUOMO.
=The Assumption.= Said to be dated 1460.
This picture was commissioned, so Vasari says, by Cardinal Oliviero
Caraffa, who is represented kneeling to the left.
The Madonna is in a mandorla; two angels above are crowning her, and
other angels playing on instruments are around. Below are the
apostles and St. Paul, and to the left, the Cardinal with St.
Januarius.
I have not seen this picture.
PANICALE, LAGO TRASIMENO, CHURCH OF ST. SEBASTIAN.
=Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.= Fresco.
The saint is bound to a column which stands on a marble throne in
the centre of the pavement of an arched Temple. Four archers are
engaged in shooting arrows at the Saint. The Eternal Father appears
high above, seated within a circle of cherubs and having on either
side a kneeling angel.
On the pedestal is =P .... DE CASTRO ....= and on the four pillars
the date =A.D. MDV.=
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