Pietro Perugino

Perugino ( from Italian Il Perugino: The from Perugia; * to 1445/1448 in Città della Pieve, Perugia Province; † February or March 1523 Fontignano in Perugia, Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci actually ) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was considered the most important masters of the Umbrian school, and was the teacher of Raphael, whose father Giovanni Santi called him in a poem to his contemporaries as " divine painter". In Raphael's early work, his influence is obvious.

Life

His teachers were probably Piero della Francesca and Andrea del Verrocchio, in whose workshop also Domenico Ghirlandaio, Leonardo da Vinci designed and Lorenzo di Credi. His 1473 work arisen scenes from the life of St. Bernard (tempera on wood, possibly together with Pinturicchio ) can now be seen in the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia.

1481 was his best-known paintings, Christ Giving Peter the keys (Italian Consegna delle chiavi a Pietro, 3.35 × 5.50 m ), one of the works from the wall frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, to which participated at that time the most celebrated painters of Italy. The perspective deep stretching impressed the people of the time especially. After Perugino was considered the most famous painters in the country. This obviously led him to a mass production (mainly Marienbildnisse ) in two studios in Perugia and Florence. His works have been widely copied.

The frescoes were of a fantastic clarity and plasticity. The portraits of his people exude a special dignity and grace.

St. Sebastian, 1490

Annunciation to 1489

Madonna and Child, circa 1500

Significant works

Exhibition

• 2011: Perugino - Raffels Master, Alte Pinakothek, Munich