La resurrezione (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523)

La resurrezione (The Resurrection)
15001505
Tempera on wood, 27 x 45.7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

This exceptionally well-preserved picture and four others in the Art Institute of Chicago formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece—possibly the large Crucifixion in the church of Sant’Agostino, Siena. In 1502 a contract was signed with Perugino, who had been recommended as “the best painter in Italy.” An attractive feature of the present picture is the feigned frame lit from the left. (MET)

The other four panels of the predella:

Perugino (c.1446-1523)
La Natività
15001505
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

 

 

Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Il battesimo di Cristo
15001505
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

 

 

Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Cristo e la donna di Samaria
15001505
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

 

 

Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Noli Me Tangere
15001505
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

 

 

These five panels once constituted a predella—a series of small pictures forming the base of an altarpiece. In this case, the painting that was positioned above the predella as the focal point of the altarpiece is unidentified.