MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY
T. LEMAN HARE
PIETRO PERUGINO
(1446-1524)
PLATE I.—VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ADORING ANGELS
(In the National Gallery, London)
(In the National Gallery, London)
[This is the centre panel from the great altar-piece commissioned byDuke Lodovico of Milan, from Perugino, for the Certosa of Pavia, andcompleted in 1499.]
[The three lower panels are replaced in the church by copies, theoriginals having been purchased from the Certosa by the Melzi familyin 1786, and sold by Duke Melzi to the National Gallery in 1856. Amasterpiece of Pietro's religious art, painted in his best method andbest period.]
Perugino
BY SELWYN BRINTON, M.A.
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
IN SEMPITERNUM
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Plate | ||
| I. | Virgin and Child with Adoring Angels | Frontispiece |
| In the National Gallery, London | ||
| Page | ||
| II. | St. Sebastian | 15 |
| In the Musée du Louvre, Paris | ||
| III. | The Deposition from the Cross | 25 |
| In the Pitti Palace, Florence | ||
| IV. | St. Mary Magdalen | 35 |
| In the Pitti Palace, Florence | ||
| V. | Virgin with Little St. John adoring the Infant Christ | 41 |
| In the Pitti Palace, Florence | ||
| VI. | Francesco delle Opere | 48 |
| In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence | ||
| VII. | The Dead Christ | 58 |
| In the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence | ||
| VIII. | Virgin and Child with Two Male Saints | 71 |
| In the National Gallery, London |