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Perugino

American  
[per-oo-jee-noh, pe-roo-jee-naw] / ˌpɛr uˈdʒi noʊ, ˌpɛ ruˈdʒi nɔ /

noun

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


Perugino British  
/ peruˈdʒino /

noun

  1. 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

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The work, which belongs to the Museo della Città in Rimini, Italy, will be shown alongside the Morgan’s own Renaissance treasures, including paintings by Hans Memling and Perugino and sculptures by Antonio Rossellino.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Perugino was one of the most influential artists of the Italian Renaissance.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2025

Witnesses at the Vatican’s Perugino gate, one of the main entrances to the city state, told The Associated Press that Francis greeted guards as he usually does before returning to his residence.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2023

Witnesses at the Vatican’s Perugino gate, one of the main entrances to the city state, told The Associated Press Francis returned to the Vatican a short while later, and greeted guards as he usually does.

From Washington Times Jun. 6, 2023

Morelli supposed it to be the work of a pupil of Perugino who was inspired by a Florentine engraving of the fifteenth century, and suggested Giannicola Manni.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

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