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)

San Nicola da Bari

School of Pietro Perugino

San Nicola da Bari

Sale Date: December 7, 1997

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Madonna

Attributed to Pietro Perugino

Sale Date: October 14, 1997

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Saint Jerome in the wilderness

School of Pietro Perugino

Saint Jerome in the wilderness

Sale Date: October 4, 1996

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Madonna col Bambino

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

Madonna col Bambino

Sale Date: November 29, 1995

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The Madonna and Child

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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God the Father

Circle of Pietro Perugino

God the Father

Sale Date: July 3, 1995

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Vierge à l'Enfant entre Saint Jérôme et une..., 1510

Follower of Pietro Perugino

Vierge à l'Enfant entre Saint Jérôme et une..., 1510

Sale Date: March 31, 1995

Auction Closed

Portrait of a counselor

Pietro Perugino

Portrait of a counselor

Sale Date: January 28, 1995

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The Nativity

Circle of Pietro Perugino

Sale Date: January 11, 1995

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Study for scenes in the life of a saint

Follower of Pietro Perugino

Study for scenes in the life of a saint

Sale Date: December 1, 1994

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The Nativity, 1887

After Pietro Perugino

The Nativity, 1887

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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THE HOLY FAMILY, 1898

After Pietro Perugino

THE HOLY FAMILY, 1898

Sale Date: July 7, 1994

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A FIGURE FROM A BAPTISM OF CHRIST

Circle of Pietro Perugino

A FIGURE FROM A BAPTISM OF CHRIST

Sale Date: July 5, 1994

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PORTRAIT OF A FRANCESCO DELLE OPERE

After Pietro Perugino

PORTRAIT OF A FRANCESCO DELLE OPERE

Sale Date: December 9, 1993

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THE TRANSFIGURATION

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

THE TRANSFIGURATION

Sale Date: December 9, 1993

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THE MADONNA DEL SACCO

After Pietro Perugino

THE MADONNA DEL SACCO

Sale Date: December 9, 1993

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MARIA MIT DEM KIND UND ZWEI HEILIGEN

Follower of Pietro Perugino

MARIA MIT DEM KIND UND ZWEI HEILIGEN

Sale Date: October 20, 1993

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TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL (A FRAGMENT)

After Pietro Perugino

TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL (A FRAGMENT)

Sale Date: February 18, 1993

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A WOODED RIVER LANDSCAPE

Circle of Pietro Perugino

A WOODED RIVER LANDSCAPE

Sale Date: December 15, 1992

Auction Closed

MADONNA MIT KIND VOR LANDSCHAFTLICHEM HINTERGRUND

Workshop of Pietro Perugino

MADONNA MIT KIND VOR LANDSCHAFTLICHEM HINTERGRUND

Sale Date: December 12, 1992

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MADONNA WITH A LILY

In the manner of Pietro Perugino

MADONNA WITH A LILY

Sale Date: November 11, 1992

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NO TITLE GIVEN (VIENNA PORCELAIN PLAQUE)

After Pietro Perugino

NO TITLE GIVEN (VIENNA PORCELAIN PLAQUE)

Sale Date: September 16, 1992

Auction Closed

The Resurrection

Pietro Perugino

The Resurrection

Sale Date: March 31, 1992

Auction Closed

VIERGE A L'ENFANT ENTRE DEUX SAINTS, 1508

Circle of Pietro Perugino

VIERGE A L'ENFANT ENTRE DEUX SAINTS, 1508

Sale Date: December 6, 1991

Auction Closed

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