Fano Altarpiece – Church of Santa Maria Nuova – Fano
The altarpiece, conceived to be placed on the main altar of the new church of the Minor Observants friars, who had moved to Santa Maria
The altarpiece, conceived to be placed on the main altar of the new church of the Minor Observants friars, who had moved to Santa Maria
The work was commissioned to Perugino by Donna Fiumana, Galeotto Piccione’s daughter, guardian of the Metauro Bridge where the first settlement of the Minor Observants
This work, preserved in the room where the Pope meets Heads of State, repeats some suggestions that Perugino had already experienced in Umbria, as the
The altarpiece, conceived to adorn the Cappella dei Prior in Perugia, was originally commissioned by the Decemviri in 1479 to Pietro di Galeotto, but he
The three tablets, depicting three events of the Life of Christ, that is to say the Annunciation to the Virgin by the Archangel Gabriel, the
The tablets of San Bernardino are eight small paintings. The only fact we know with certainty is the date of realization, 1473, reported on the
Giorgio Vasari, in his opus “Le Vite”, mentions this work, together with the Resurrection of Christ now at the Vatican Museums, in the church of
The Altarpiece, which shows a sweet and typically Peruginesca Madonna with Child and Angels at the top, presents at the bottom, in addition to Saints
The lunette, like the Pala Opistografa preserved in the same museum, comes from Monteripido monastery: the monks commissioned it for one of the two chapels
The Adoration of the Magi,Magi was originally painted for the church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Perugia: this church no longer exists, as it