This wood panel, alongside two others equally conserved at the Museum of Rouen (the Baptism and the Resurrection of Christ) come from the predella (lower part) of an altarpiece that Pietro Perugino was commissioned to produce in 1495 for the church of San Pietro in Perugia.
The principal subject was the Ascension (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon). Placed beneath the section portraying the glorious Ascension of Christ to heaven, these panels offered a summary of his life on earth, from birth to resurrection.
Details
- Designer: Jennifer Toombs
- Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark: Multiple Crown CA Diagonal
- Perf: 13 (comb)
- Cylinders:
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References
- Britannica.com
- Museum of Fine Arts