In the centre of the picture is Our Lady on her knees with clasped hands in the act of adoring the divine Child, who is nude and seated upon a sack and supported by an angel. On the other of the Virgin is the child St. John, kneeling on one knee and also in adoration of the Christ.
FLORENCE, THE UFFIZI PALACE.
Portrait, believed to represent Francesco delle Opere, a Florentine artist, a brother of the celebrated Giovanni Corniole. He died in Venice 1496. [287.]
The portrait is of a man with bushy hair. He has bright eyes, and is clean shaven. He wears a cap on his head and is clothed in a loose soutane. In his hand is a roll bearing these words TIMETE DEVM. The background is an Umbrian landscape.
The picture is inscribed on the back: 1494 D'Luglio Pietro Perugino Pinse Franco del Ope (delle Opere).
Madonna and Child with two Saints. [1122.]
The Virgin is seated on a throne beneath a vaulted archway. She has the divine Child on her knees. At her left stands St. Sebastian; on the right St. John Baptist.
The inscription on the base of the throne reads: PETRVS PERVSINVS PINXIT AN MCCCCLXXXXIIJ.
The picture was painted for the Church of San Domenico at Fiesole.
There are also three studies in the Uffizi for the Pietà in the Pitti.