The Great Masters
in Painting and Sculpture
Edited by G. C. Williamson
PERUGINO
THE GREAT MASTERS IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.
The following Volumes have been issued, price 5s. net each.
BERNARDINO LUINI. By George C. Williamson, Litt.D., Editor of theSeries.
VELASQUEZ. By R. A. M. Stevenson.
ANDREA DEL SARTO. By H. Guinness.
LUCA SIGNORELLI. By Maud Cruttwell.
RAPHAEL. By H. Strachey.
CARLO CRIVELLI. By G. McNeil Rushforth, M.A., Classical Lecturer, OrielCollege, Oxford.
CORREGGIO. By Selwyn Brinton, M.A., Author of "The Renaissance inItalian Art."
DONATELLO. By Hope Rea, Author of "Tuscan Artists."
PERUGINO. By G. C. Williamson, Litt.D.
In preparation
SODOMA. By the Contessa Lorenzo Priuli-Bon.
MEMLINC. By W. H. James Weale, late Keeper of the National Art Library.
DELLA ROBBIA. By the Marchesa Burlamacchi.
EL GRECO By Manuel B. Cossio, Litt.D., Ph.D., Director of the MuseePédagogique, Madrid.
GIORGIONE. By Herbert Cook, M.A.
MICHAEL ANGELO. By Charles Holroyd, Keeper of the National Gallery ofBritish Art.
THE BROTHERS BELLINI. By S. Arthur Strong, M.A., Librarian to the Houseof Lords
REMBRANDT. By Malcolm Bell.
Others to follow.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS
PIETRO VANNUCCI
CALLED
PERUGINO
BY
GEORGE C. WILLIAMSON, LITT.D.
AUTHOR OF
"JOHN RUSSELL, R.A.," "RICHARD COSWAY, R.A., AND HIS WIFE AND PUPILS,""PORTRAIT MINIATURES," "BERNARDINO LUINI," ETC.
LONDON
GEORGE BELL & SONS
1900
PREFACE
The following pages contain what is, I believe, the only full account ofthe life and works of Perugino in the English language. It is based upona careful examination of almost every one of his works to be found inEurope, and upon a critical study of their characteristics. The laboursof other investigators have, however, been laid under contribution, andI am especially indebted to the works of Crowe and Cavalcaselle,Morelli, Mariotti, Orsini, a