Pietro Vannucci, called PeruginoWilliamson, George C.
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Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
Williamson, George C.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523
The divine Child is on a cushion on the ground, and near by are the
Madonna, St. Joseph, and three shepherds, all kneeling in adoration.
The usual wooden square erection occupies the centre of the picture.
Some cattle are seen near at hand.
_From the east door of the church of S. Francesco al Monte._
PERUGIA, DUOMO.
=Virgin and Child and Saints.=
The Madonna is seated under a canopy and holds the divine Child, who
raises His hand in benediction, in her arms. On the left stands St.
Sebastian holding an arrow, on the right is a female saint kneeling,
and behind her stands St. Joseph with his staff.
PERUGIA, CHURCH OF S. SEVERO.
Raphael's first fresco of =Our Lord and many Saints=, to which Perugino
made additions in 1521.
The inscriptions upon it are as follows: =RAPHAEL DE VRBINO DOM
OCTAVIANO STEPHANO VOLATERANO PRIORE SANCTAM TRINITATEM ANGELOS
ASTANTES SANCTOSQUE PINXIT A.D. MDV.=; and below with the figures of
SS. Scholastica, Jerome, John the Divine, Gregory, Boniface, and
Martha: =PETRVS DE CASTRO PLEBIS PERVSINVS TEMP. DOMINI SILVESTRI
STEPHANI VOLATERRANI A DEXTERIS ET SINISTRIS DIV. CHRISTOPHORAE
SANCTOS SANCTASQVE PINXIT A.D. MDXXI.=
In the upper part is the Eternal Father, and below is Our Lord
seated, and above His head the white dove of the Holy Spirit. On
either side and around Him are adoring angels, and near by, seated
in two groups, are, on His right three saints, SS. Maurus, Placidus,
and Benedict, and on His left three more saints, SS. Romualdus,
Benedict Martyr, and John Martyr.
PERUGIA, CHURCH OF S. PIETRO.
=Pietà.=
The dead body of Our Lord has just been lifted from the tomb by St.
Joseph of Arimathæa, who is supporting it in sitting posture on the
edge of the tomb. On either side are St. Mary Magdalen and Our Lady,
each holding one hand of Christ.
This was originally part of the great altar-piece of St. Agostino.
_For other parts see Grenoble, Toulouse, Lyons, Nantes, Strasburg,
and the Pinacoteca._
PERUGIA, NUNNERY OF S. AGNESE.
=The Eternal Father with SS. Sebastian and Rocu.=
=Crucifixion, with two Angels, the Virgin, and St. John Baptist.=
=The Virgin, with two Angels, St. Anthony the Abbot, St. Anthony of
Padua, St. Elizabeth of Portugal, St. Elizabeth of Hungary.=
Said to have been signed: =PETRVS PINSIT 1522.=
These cannot be seen as the house is now strictly cloistered.
PERUGIA, COLLEGIO DEL CAMBIO.
Entirely decorated in fresco.
First and third picture. Twelve standing figures in groups of three,
each group consisting of a Greek between two Romans.
1. Fabius Maximus, Socrates, Numa Pompilius.
2. Furius Camillus, Pittacus, Trajan.
3. Lucius Sicinius, Leonidas, Horatius Cocles.
4. Scipio, Pericles, Cincinnatus.
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