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The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

Perugino (c.1450–1523)

The National Gallery, London

The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

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This painting stood above the altar in a chapel built to commemorate a local carpenter, Giovanni di Matteo di Giorgio Schiavone, in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Perugia. Giovanni left instructions in his will that the proceeds of the sale of his workshop should go towards the chapel, which he wanted Perugino to paint with a mural showing the Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis.

It is possible that Perugino delegated the work to one of the assistants although some parts – Christ and Jerome’s heads, and the atmospheric, soft landscape – look more like his work. Perugino might have made it himself, working quickly and reusing existing designs and drawings – common practice for him at the end of his career. As a result he received fewer commissions, while his pupil Raphael overtook his fame.

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Title

The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

Date

probably about 1507-15

Medium

Oil on wood

Measurements

H 185.5 x W 152.5 cm

Accession number

NG1075

Acquisition method

Bought, 1879

Work type

Painting

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Perugino

c.1450–1523

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