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Chapter I

. =Birth, Masters, and Environment= 1

II. =Early Days= 19

III. =Technique, Pigments, and Vehicles= 33

IV. =Wanderings= 39

V. =The Story of the Pillage= 47

VI. =In Full Strength= 58

VII. =The Cambio= 74

VIII. =Florence, Perugia, and Città della Pieve= 83

IX. =Age, Infirmity, Dignity, and Death= 99

X. =St. Sebastian= 115

=Catalogue of the Works of Perugino=--

=Austria-Hungary= 121

=Belgium= 122

=British Isles= 122

=France= 127

=Germany= 131

=Italy= 133

=Chronological List of Pictures= 155

=Index= 157

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

The Family of St. Anne, _Frontispiece_ _Marseilles_

Figure of St. Sebastian at Cerqueto, 1478 10

The Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter (double plate) _Sistine Chapel, Rome_ 14

{Predella panel from } The Baptism of Christ {the San Pietro altar-piece } _Rouen_ 18 {(Perugia) }

Madonna and Child enthroned, with four Saints _Vatican Gallery_ 22

The Crucifixion _La Calza, Florence_ 24

The Dead Christ _Accademia, Florence_ 26

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane _Accademia, Florence_ 26

The Albani altar-piece (double plate) 1491 _Villa Albani, Rome_ 28

The Fiesole altar-piece, 1493 _Uffizi Palace, Florence_ 30

Portrait of Francesco delle Opere, 1494 _Uffizi Palace, Florence_ 40

The Ascension of Christ _Borgo San Sepolcro_ 42

The Entombment of Christ, 1495 _Pitti Palace, Florence_ 44

Saint Benedict, from the San Pietro (Perugia) altar-piece _The Vatican, Rome_ 52

The Virgin appearing to St. Bernard _Munich_ 62

The Virgin in Glory, 1496 _Bologna Gallery_ 64

The Crucifixion (double plate) _Sta. Maria Maddalena del Pazzi, Florence_ 66

The Certosa three-fold altar-piece (double plate) _National Gallery, London_ 68

The Madonna and Child with penitents, 1497 _Perugia Gallery_ 70

The Intercession of St. Francis on behalf of Perugia _Perugia Gallery_ 70

The Crucifixion _Accademia, Florence_ 72

Fortitude and Temperance with the Warriors _The Cambio, Perugia_ 76

Portrait of Perugino, 1500 _The Cambio, Perugia_ 78

The Assumption of The Virgin, 1500 _Accademia, Florence_ 82

Portrait of the Abbot Baldassare of Vallombrosa _Accademia, Florence_ 84

Portrait of Don Biagio Milanesi of Vallombrosa _Accademia, Florence_ 84

The Resurrection _Vatican Gallery_ 86

The Crucifixion (painted around a wooden crucifix) _Perugia Gallery_ 88

Letter from Perugino, 20th February 1504 _Città della Pieve_ 90

Letter from Perugino, 1st March 1504 _Città della Pieve_ 90

Letter from Perugino, 30th March 1512 _Perugia Gallery_ 90

The Adoration of the Magi, 1504 _Città della Pieve_ 92

The Deposition (Filippino Lippi and Perugino), 1505 _Accademia, Florence_ 94

The Schiavone altar-piece, 1507 _National Gallery_ 100

The Crucifixion, 1510 _St. Augustine's, Siena_ 102

St. Sebastian and St. Apollonia, from the Sant' Agostino (Perugia) altar-piece _Grenoble Gallery_ 106

The Holy Trinity and various Saints (Raphael and Perugino), 1505 and 1521 _San Severo, Perugia_ 106

The Adoration of the Magi, 1521 _Sta. Maria, Trevi_ 108

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, 1518 _Perugia Gallery_ 118

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ERRATUM

The Illustration facing page 100 should be described as _The Beckford Altar-piece_, and not as _The Schiavone Altar-piece of 1507_.

The Schiavone Altar-piece named on pages 99 and 100 is not illustrated in the volume.

G. C. W.

PERUGINO

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