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Materials:

oil and tempera on poppel panel

Measurements:

35.04 in. (89.00 cm.) (height) by 28.35 in. (72.00 cm.) (width)

Literature:

The painting has not appeared in any publications for a long time,It was reviewed and illustrated for the first time in Filippo Todini,"Il Perugino,le sue botteghe e i suoi seguaci",in: exhibition catalogue Perugino a Firenze,Qualià e furtuna d´uno stile,Rosanna Caterina Proto Pisani (publishers),Florence,Cenacolo du Fuligno,8 October 2005-January 2006 pp,64-66 image 20,This catalogue text describes the painting as a work by Perugino with respective references,for example that Christ's posture in the painting can be compared to "The Deposition from the Cross" dated 1495~for example that Christ's posture in the painting can be compared to "The Deposition from the Cross" dated 1495,Furthermore the style and structure of the painting can,for example,be compared to Perugino's "Madonna adorante il Bambino tra san Giovanni Evangelista e Santa Maria Maddalena" held at the Metropolitan Museums in New York (image 21 in the catalogue),Further Literature: Cf,Joseph Antenucci Becherer (ed,),Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance,Rizzoli,New York 1997,Cf,Fiorenzo Canuti,Il Perugino,Siena,1983 (reprint),Cf,Vittoria Garibaldi,Perugino,Milan,2004,Cf,Vittoria Garibaldi,Perugino,il divin pittore,Milan,2004,Cf,Pietro Scarpellini,Perugino,Milano,1991

Provenance:

Florence,Santa Croce,Serristori altar,Palazzo Serristori,Florence,Figline Valdarno,Florence,Casa Grande Serristori (until circa 1890)