Pietro Perugino

(Italian, born circa 1450–1523)

Pietro Perugino was an important painter of the Italian Renaissance known for his fiery temperament and lack of religious belief. The artist’s skill at conveying perspectival space and clarity of form is evinced in his work The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter (1481–1482). “Although he was of mean appearance and ignoble character, he had an unmistakable power in painting mild-eyed Madonnas and spotless saints against delicate landscape backgrounds,” the biographer Jennie Ellis Keysor once wrote of him. Born Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci c. 1450 in Città della Pieve, Italy, little is known of his early life but it is thought he may have been the pupil of Fiorenzo di Lorenzo in Perugia. By 1472, Perugino was living in Florence, where he apprenticed alongside Leonardo da Vinci in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. In the years that followed, the artist produced a number of frescoes for churches and palaces. Unlike his larger religious scenes, Perugino’s portraits show the influence of the Flemish painter Hans Memling in their elegant simplicity. The artist’s most famous pupil was Raphael, whose work assimilated certain aspects of Perugino’s paintings but later surpassed them. He died in 1523 in Fontignano, Italy. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

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Pietro Perugino Artworks

Pietro Perugino (158 results)

The Madonna of the Sack

After Pietro Perugino

The Madonna of the Sack

Sale Date: January 13, 2004

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The Holy Family

Follower of Pietro Perugino

The Holy Family

Sale Date: December 11, 2003

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San Gerolamo

Follower of Pietro Perugino

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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The Baptism of Christ

After Pietro Perugino

The Baptism of Christ

Sale Date: November 22, 2003

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Six cardinaux assis

Follower of Pietro Perugino

Six cardinaux assis

Sale Date: March 27, 2003

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The Nativity with angels

Attributed to Pietro Perugino

The Nativity with angels

Sale Date: July 10, 2002

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Biblisk scen, 1800–1800

After Pietro Perugino

Biblisk scen, 1800–1800

Sale Date: May 30, 2002

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The head of a bearded man

Attributed to Pietro Perugino

The head of a bearded man

Sale Date: April 11, 2002

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An apostle seen from behind looking up

Pietro Perugino

An apostle seen from behind looking up

Sale Date: January 23, 2002

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Portrait of a young man in a red tunic and...

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

Portrait of a young man in a red tunic and...

Sale Date: October 31, 2001

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Portrait of a young man in a red tunic and...

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

Portrait of a young man in a red tunic and...

Sale Date: July 13, 2001

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Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and St. Paul

Circle of Pietro Perugino

Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and St. Paul

Sale Date: January 24, 2001

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Madonna del Sacco

After Pietro Perugino

Madonna del Sacco

Sale Date: June 7, 2000

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Head of an apostle

Pietro Perugino

Head of an apostle

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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Madonna incoronata col Bambino

Circle of Pietro Perugino

Madonna incoronata col Bambino

Sale Date: December 7, 1999

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Le Repos pendant la Fuite en Egypte, 1600–1699

Follower of Pietro Perugino

Le Repos pendant la Fuite en Egypte, 1600–1699

Sale Date: March 26, 1999

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The Madonna and Child with Saints John and...

After Pietro Perugino

The Madonna and Child with Saints John and...

Sale Date: February 16, 1999

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Der heilige Joseph

Circle of Pietro Perugino

Der heilige Joseph

Sale Date: December 5, 1998

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Madonnan med barnet omgivna av martyrer

Circle of Pietro Perugino

Madonnan med barnet omgivna av martyrer

Sale Date: November 25, 1998

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Oración en el Huerto

Circle of Pietro Perugino

Oración en el Huerto

Sale Date: November 18, 1998

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The Madonna and Child

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: October 28, 1998

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The Madonna del Sacco

Circle of Pietro Perugino

The Madonna del Sacco

Sale Date: July 7, 1998

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Madonna mit Kind vor Landschaftshintergrund

Follower of Pietro Perugino

Madonna mit Kind vor Landschaftshintergrund

Sale Date: May 16, 1998

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L'arcangelo Raffaele

School of Pietro Perugino

L'arcangelo Raffaele

Sale Date: December 7, 1997

Auction Closed

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