FLORENCE, THE ACADEMY.
Portrait of Don Biagio Milanesi, General of the Vallombrosan Order. 1499-1500. [17.]
Portrait of Don Baldassare, Monk of Vallombrosa. 1499-1500. [17 bis.]
Christ on the Mount of Olives. 1492-9. [53.]
Painted for the Convent of the Gesuati, in Florence.
The Assumption. [55.]
At the extreme top is the Eternal Father in a circle with adoring angels. Below, in a mandorla, is Our Lady surrounded by a group of cherubs, who, in their arrangement, follow the lines of the mandorla. On either side are standing angels playing on musical instruments, and below are flying angels and cherub faces. On the ground as spectators of the mystery are four Vallombrosan saints:
Cardinal San Bernardo degli Uberti, San Giovanni Gualberto the founder, St. Benedict, and the Archangel Michael.
The picture is signed: PETRVS PERVSINVS PINXIT AD MCCCCC.
This picture was painted for Vallombrosa.