Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino

by George C. Williamson

A fragment on panel.

FRANKFORT, STAEDEL GALLERY.

Virgin and Child with St. John. 0·68 × 0·52 = 2 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 8 in. [16.]

This picture very closely resembles "The Madonna and Child" at the Borghese Gallery, Rome, also the one at Munich, and also the one in the Louvre, but neither are replicas one of the other, and each differs in important details.

The groups at Frankfort, Rome, and Munich are evidently, however, painted for the face of the Madonna from the same model.

All four I consider to be genuine but late works.

Bought in 1832 in Munich.

LEIPZIG, MUSEUM.

The Archangel St. Michael.

The angel is standing upon the dragon whom he has just killed with a great sword. The landscape at the back appears to be the work of the master, but the rest of the picture is school work.