1. Pietro Perugino's nickname characterizes him as from Perugia, the chief city of Umbria.
11 Facts About Pietro Perugino
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Pietro Perugino's exact date of birth is not known, but based on his age at death that was mentioned by Vasari and Giovanni Santi, it is believed that he was born between 1446 and 1452.
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Pietro Perugino was one of the earliest central Italian practitioners of oil painting.
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Between 1486 and 1499, Pietro Perugino mainly worked between Florence and Perugia, maintaining studios in each city.
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Pietro Perugino was made one of the priors of Perugia in 1501.
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On one occasion Michelangelo told Pietro Perugino to his face that he was a bungler in art : Vannucci brought an action for defamation of character, unsuccessfully.
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Pietro Perugino lost his students; and toward 1506 he once more and finally, abandoned Florence, going to Perugia, and thence in a year or two to Rome.
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Pietro Perugino was still at Fontignano in 1523 when he died of the plague.
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Vasari is the main source stating that Pietro Perugino had very little religion and openly doubted the soul's immortality.
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Pietro Perugino painted the marriage of Joseph and the Virgin Mary now in the museum of Caen, which indisputably served as the original, to a great extent, of the still more famous Sposalizio painted by Raphael in 1504.
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Perugia dedicated an important monument to Pietro Perugino built in 1923 by the sculptor Enrico Quattrini and today visible in the Carducci Gardens.