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Watch on. When Pietro Vanucci, known as Perugino, painted his version of the Marriage of the Virgin, he ran the most prestigious artist’s workshop in Italy; his reputation rested primarily on the leading role that he had played in the decoration of the middle register in the Sistine Chapel some twenty years earlier.
Perugino , orig. Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, (born c. 1450, Città della Pieve, near Perugia, Romagna—died February/March 1523, Fontignano, near Perugia), Italian painter. Born near Perugia (the source of his nickname), he was probably a pupil of Piero della Francesca and Andrea del Verrocchio.
Artist: Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Italian, Città della Pieve, active by 1469–died 1523 Fontignano) Medium: Tempera on wood. Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 18 in. (27 x 45.7 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911. Accession Number: 11.65.
