Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works : a handbook (1875)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 469
, Pietro, born at Citta della Pieve (1446-1524). Hisfathers name was Christoforo Vannucci, who was of respectablefamily, but had a number of children to provide for. The littlePietro was apprenticed to a master in Perugia before he was nineyears old, and took his name from that city. He became the… … MADONNA. BY PEKUGINO. In the Pitti Gall., Florence,which Raphael perfected. He brought his figures out from the back-ground, rounded them and threw them into bold relief by means ofstrong shadows. He did not huddle numerous figures together, as hadbeen the custom in Florence, but produced well…
