Piety with Saint Jerome and Saint Mary Magdalene – Perugia
The painting was conceived as a processional banner and it was originally used during Lenten processions. The banner was made for the Franciscan convent of
The painting was conceived as a processional banner and it was originally used during Lenten processions. The banner was made for the Franciscan convent of
An inscription in the hem of the lower garment of the Madonna shows the date of execution of the painting (1500) and the name of
The Altarpiece of Monteripido is known as “opistograph”: the artwork is painted on both sides, and a sculpture of a wooden crucifix is also present.The
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 canvas was probably a processional banner, commissioned to Perugino by the Confraternity of San Girolamo in Perugia after 1512, since no mention of the
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