Giving of the Keys to St. Peter
painting by Perugino
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discussed in biography
- In Perugino: Early work
…own hand, only the fresco Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter has survived. The simple and lucid arrangement of the composition reveals the centre of narrative action, unlike the frescoes in the same series by the Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli, which, in comparison, appear overcrowded and confused in their…
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influence on Raphael
- In Raphael: Apprenticeship at Perugia
The Giving of the Keys to St. Peter, painted in 1481–82 by Perugino for the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican palace, inspired Raphael’s first major work, The Marriage of the Virgin (1504). Perugino’s influence is seen in the emphasis on perspectives, in the graded relationships between…
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