Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian – Perugia
The painting comes from the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, but its collocation inside the church changed many times due to provisions
The painting comes from the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, but its collocation inside the church changed many times due to provisions
In 1496 the brotherhood of the Disciplinati of Santa Maria Novella (which in 1801 merged with that of San Pietro Martire) commissioned the realization of
The tablet depicting the Madonna and the Child between the two Patrons of Perugia, Saint Ercolano and Saint Costanzo, has the unusual nickname “Madonna della
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 table depicting Jesus rising from the tomb originally belonged to the upper part of the Pala dei Decemviri, or constituted the cymatium; the entire
The work is also known as the Ranieri Annunciation, because in 1742 it was mentioned as small picture of domestic devotion in the inventory of
The compositional scheme of this table, which originally was a votive offering, often recurs in the work of Perugino, such as in San Francesco with
The work was probably originally housed in a rural shrine, before being moved to the church of Sant’Antonio in Bettona; in 1987 it was stolen
On December, 18 1512 Pietro “de Castro Plebis” signed a contract with the procurator of the church of Santa Maria, Antonio di Cristoforo Ciacci and
The Polyptych of Saint Augustine is a large complex of tables (dismembered and partially lost) realized by Perugino and his assistants in two phases (1502-1512
