Pietro Vannucci, called PeruginoWilliamson, George C.
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Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
Williamson, George C.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523
Our Lady is seated on a throne, and holds the dead body of the
Christ in her arms and on her knees. On one side of her kneels Mary
Magdalen, and on the right St. John. Above their heads are cherub
faces floating in the air. From the canopy of the throne are
suspended two tablets bearing these words: =PETRVS DE CHASTRO PLEB
PINSIT AD MDXXI.=; and on the foot of the throne is inscribed:
=MICHAL AGELVS ANDINE=.
=Virgin and Child and Saints.=
The Virgin is seated on a throne, holding the divine Child, who
stands erect and nude on her knees. On her left stands St.
Catherine, with wheel and palm, and on the right St. Blaise, in
episcopal habit, with mitre and crozier, holding the wool comb.
The throne is inscribed: =EX SPEIS JOANNE BERNAR DELLI AD MDXXI DIE
XXV APRILIS=.
TREVI, CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLE LACRIME.
=The Adoration of the Magi.=
The throne is inscribed: =PETRVS IN CASTRO PLEBIS PINXIT=.
TU SOLA IN TERRIS GENETRIX ET VIRGO FVISTI
REGINA IN CELIS TV QVOQVE SOLA MANES.
VERONA, MUSEO CIVICO.
=The Madonna adoring the Christ.= [120.]
The Virgin is standing in the centre of the picture with clasped
hands and in front of a stone balustrade. On either side are
kneeling angels. The one on the right holds the divine Child, whom
the Virgin is adoring, the other rests her hands on the shoulders of
St. John Baptist, who is also adoring the Christ. In the background
is the usual landscape which appears to be undoubtedly the work of
Perugino, and probably also the figure of the Virgin; but the angels
and children are school work.
=The Adoration of the Magi.= [95.]
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PICTURES
1475 Certain frescoes in the great hall
of the Palazzo Publico. Mentioned
by Milanesi.
1478 Certain frescoes in a chapel at
Cerqueto, a castle in the diocese
of Perugia. Also mentioned by
Milanesi.
1480 "Christ delivering the keys to St.
Peter" in the Sistine Chapel in the
Vatican at Rome. Other frescoes
now destroyed.
1491 Altar-piece in the Villa Albani. Dated _Rome_
1493 Virgin and Child, from Fiesole. Dated _Uffizi, No. 1122_
Madonna and Saints. Dated _Vienna_
Pietà painted for the Gesuati _Accademia, 58_
1494 Madonna and Child. Dated _Sant' Agostino,
Cremona_
Portrait of Francesco _Uffizi, 287_
1495 Madonna and Child _Pinacoteca, Vatican_
The Entombment. Dated. _Pitti, 164_
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