Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works ; a handbook (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 467
o, 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 PERUGINO. 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…
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