Predella panels from the Polyptych of San Pietro – Abbey of San Pietro – Perugia

After the first dismemberment of the work, on behalf of the architect Martelli in the last decade of the sixteenth century during the renovation works of the place, these five small paintings remained in San Pietro, located along the nave.

Among the saints represented, some of which are the most important for the order of the Benedictines who lived here, there is also the alleged portrait of Abbot Don Lattanzio, the first client of the complex work, under the guise of San Pietro Vincioli, depicted showing more characteristic somatic features than the other figures.

Two of the three Patrons of Perugia are also depicted: the two bishops Saint Ercolano, who rose to the role of “Defensor civitatis” during the barbarian siege of Totila, and Saint Costanzo.

 

The works are preserved at the church of San Pietro in Perugia.