500 years of the Adoration of the Magi by Perugino – Trevi

The event will investigate in depth one of Perugino’s last masterpieces, the Adoration of the Magi frescoed between 1521 and 1522 by the Renaissance Master in the Shrine dedicated to the Madonna of the Lacrime.

Institutional greetings –

Mayor Bernardino Sperandio

Dott.ssa Cinzia Rutili – Director State Archives of Perugia

Dott. Giuseppe Lacava – Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Umbria

Video presentation: Perugino in high definition

Speakers

Giordana Benazzi – 1521 – 1522: between Spello and Trevi some meetings between Peter and Rocco stonemason

Simonetta Prosperi Valenti – The monograph about the church of Madonna delle Lacrime by Tommaso Valenti

Maria Paola Bianchi – The “Chapel of the Magi” in the Church of the Madonna delle Lacrime, new documents

Jozef Gerca – The Epiphany of the Lord as told in the Gospel and in the tradition of the Church

Vittoria Garibaldi – Pietro’s last masterpiece

David Alessandrini – The palette of the painter

Bruno Roberto Bruni – The executive techniques of Perugino in the Adoration of the Magi in Trevi