Perugino & MantegnaJessica 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 LorenzoPiera della FrancescaFellow pupil of Luca SignorelliWorked in Florence with Andrea
del Verrocchio
Perugino’s FirstFirst certain
work by Perugino is a Saint Sebastian, at Cerqueto, near Perugia.
Perugino’s ReputationMostly 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 WorkFrom 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 BiographyItalian painterStudent of Roman archeologySon-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 TrainingAt 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