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Other Frescoes

Other Frescoes

AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C.1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

A study for the Last Supper

c.1853-1876

Albumen print | 24.5 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854066

A photograph of a silver-point study heightened with white for the figures of Judas and St Bartholomew in the fresco of the Last Supper, thought to have been executed by Perugino, painted on the walls of the refectory (now a museum) of the former Convent of Fuligno in Florence and traditionally dated c.1493-1496.


Ruland (1876) notes that the drawing was then "in the collection of W. Russell, Esq". This drawing is now in the British Museum (inv. no. 1910,0212.35), where it is catalogued as a copy after Perugino's fresco. The drawing was bought (probably after Russell's death) by George Salting (1836-1909) who bequeathed it in 1910 to the British Museum.

The fresco – which also depicts the scene of the Agony in the Garden in the background – was discovered in the 19th century and initially attributed to Raphael, but now it is believed to be by Pietro Perugino. A number of scholars debated the involvement of the workshop in this fresco and the date it was executed. In a recent exhibition catalogue, Padovani attributed the fresco to Perugino, describing the involvement of the workshop as secondary and minimal and dating the decoration towards the end of the 1470s, before the frescoes executed by Perugino in the Sistine Chapel (c.1481-1482). See Bibliographic References.

Ruland (1876) notes that the fresco was "in the former Nunnery of S. Onofrio, now in the Egyptian Museum, Florence". In 1855, the rooms of the Convent were used to accommodate the Egyptian Museum, which was later moved to its current location in Palazzo della Crocetta.

  • Creator(s)

    After a work by the workshop of Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c.1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 24.5 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Public Life of Christ
              • Last Supper
            • Passion of Christ
              • Christ-Agony in the Garden
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Art
        • Paintings
          • Frescoes
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp. 49-64 (Perugino 2000 : Pietro Vannucci, il Perugino. Atti del convegno internazionale di studio 25-28 ottobre 2000 / a cura di Laura Teza con la collaborazione di Mirko Santanicchia )