Pietro Vannucci, called PeruginoWilliamson, George C.
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Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
Williamson, George C.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523
=St. Monica.= [23.]
These eight saints surrounded the same altar-piece at St. Agostino,
and are believed to have been at the corners on either side.
=Madonna with the divine Child and Saint.= [24.]
=The Archangel Gabriel.= [26.]
These are also believed to have formed part of the same altar-piece.
=A Crucifixion.= [25.]
This was the opposite side of the picture in Sala X. No. 2.
The figure of the Crucified Lord is finely carved in wood and laid
upon the canvas.
_From the church of S. Francesco al Monte._
=St. James.= [4.]
=St. Jerome.= [5.]
_Deposited by the Sodality of St. Martin._
=The Transfiguration.= [Sala XI. 2.]
Our Lord is above in the heavens, standing with hands extended, and
within a mandorla of cherub heads. Moses and Elias kneel in the
clouds, one on either side of the Christ. Below are the three
disciples gazing upwards and shielding their eyes with their hands
from the blinding splendour of the sight.
The three predella pictures to this altar-piece (which was
originally in Santa Maria Nuova) represent "The Annunciation," "The
Birth of Christ," and "The Baptism of Christ."
=The Virgin and Child.= [6.]
There is a study for it in the Uffizi, 252, 363.
_Painted in 1497._
_Deposited by the Nobile Confraternita di San Pietro Martire._
=The Virgin of Consolation.= [14.]
The Madonna is seated in the heavens, bearing the divine Child, who
is nude, erect on her knees. On either side are adoring angels, and
around are cherubs. Beneath, on the ground, kneel San Francesco and
San Bernardino praying for the people who stand in a great crowd in
the middle distance gazing up to the Madonna. In the extreme
distance is a view of Perugia.
_Deposited by the Nobile Confraternita della Giustizia._
=The Virgin and Child.= [15.]
The Madonna is seated in the heavens and has three cherubs under her
feet. On either side are kneeling San Niccolo and San Bernardino da
Siena. On the ground St. Jerome, with his lion, and St. Sebastian
are also kneeling. In the distance is a view of the city of Perugia.
_From the church of S. Agostino._
=St. John Baptist and four other Saints.= [16.]
St. John stands on a mound in the midst and holds his tall cross,
and with one hand points to heaven. On his left is St. Anthony of
Padua and St. Sebastian, the latter being partly in armour and
wearing a fantastic head-dress and holding an arrow daintily in one
hand. On the right are St. Jerome and St. Francis.
=St. John the Divine.= [Sala XII. 4.]
=St. Luke the Evangelist.= [8.]
These are _attributed_ to Perugino in the catalogue.
=The Birth of Christ.= A lunette. Fresco. [Sala XIII. 51.]
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