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Noli Me Tangere (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Noli Me Tangere 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 27.3 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his contact…

La Natività (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) La Natività (The Nativity) 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 26.2 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his…

Cristo e la donna di Samaria (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Cristo e la donna di Samaria (Christ and the Woman of Samaria) 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 27.3 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region…

Il battesimo di Cristo (1500–1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Il battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 27.3 × 46.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond,…

La resurrezione (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) La resurrezione (The Resurrection) 1500–1505 Tempera on wood, 27 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 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…

Battesimo di Cristo (c.1498-1500)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Battesimo di Cristo (Baptism of Christ) c.1498–1500 Oil on olive wood, 30 × 23 x 2.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perugino used his successful inventions again and again. This baptism goes back to his fresco in the Sistine Chapel. More…

Compianto sul Cristo morto (1495)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) 1495 Oil on wood, 220 x 195 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Inscription: PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT A.D. MCCCCLXXXXV The body of Christ taken down from the cross is lying over…

Crocifissione (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Crocifissione (Crucifixion) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 101.5 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of the most…

Salomone e la Regina di Saba (Porta del Paradiso)

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Salomone e la Regina di Saba (Solomon and the Queen of Sheba) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the tenth panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Solomon and the Queen of…