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