Perugino

[ per-oo-jee-noh; Italian pe-roo-jee-naw ]

noun

1. Pietro Vannucci, 1446–1524, Italian painter.

Perugino

/ peruˈdʒino /

noun

1. Perugino, Il14461523MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Il (il), real name Pietro Vannucci. 1446–1523, Italian painter; master of Raphael. His works include the fresco Christ giving the Keys to Peter in the Sistine Chapel, Rome

Other Words From

• Pe·ru·gin·esque [p, uh, -roo-j, uh, -, nesk, per-oo-], adjective

Example Sentences

The Assumption was painted at Vallombrosa late in the year 1500, and is a fine piece of work in Perugino's more mannered style.

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How often in our day has Perugino been accused of insincerity, yet it was not so long ago when he lived.

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He seems to me to be more limited even than Perugino; but he is a faithful, painstaking painter, with a religious spirit.

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This accusation has been disproved by later writers in so far as the early life of Perugino is concerned.

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In the same room there are two big pictures by Bartolomeo Caporali, who was a pupil of Perugino.

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