Perugino & Mantegna Jessica Samuel Vanessa Santos

Perugino Biography Italian Renaissance painter Born Pietro Vannucci Exact birth date not known Died 1523

Perugino’s Early Training Possibly Fiorenzo di Lorenzo Piera della Francesca Fellow pupil of Luca Signorelli Worked in Florence with Andrea del Verrocchio

Perugino’s First First certain work by Perugino is a Saint Sebastian, at Cerqueto, near Perugia.

Perugino’s Reputation Mostly began his reputation from working with Pope Sixtus on frescoes that are now lost. Only fresco that survived was Giving of the Keys to St. Peter.

Perugino’s Reputation (cont.) After completing his work in the Sistine Chapel, Perugino returned to Florence, where he was commissioned to work in the Palazzo della Signoria. In 1491 he was invited to sit on the committee concerned with finishing the Florence cathedral.

Perugino’s Mature Work From 1490 to 1500, Perugino was at his most productive and at the artistic summit of his career.

Adoration of the Magi

Madonna and Child with Saints Lawrence, Louis of Toulouse, Ercolanus, and Constance

Resurrection of Christ

Mantegna’s Biography Italian painter Student of Roman archeology Son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini “Experimented with perspective by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality.” Led a workshop that was the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500

Mantegna’s Training At the age of eleven he became the apprentice of Francesco Squarcione, Paduan painter. Squarcione, whose original vocation was tailoring, appears to have had a remarkable enthusiasm for ancient art, and a faculty for acting. He traveled in Italy, and perhaps Greece, amassing antique statues, reliefs, vases, etc., forming a collection of such works, then making drawings from them himself, and throwing open his stores for others to study.

Agony in the Garden

San Luca Altarpiece

From Camera degli Sposi