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Madonna and Child with Two Saints (Perugino)

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Madonna and Child with Two Saints
ArtistPerugino
Year1493 - 1495
MediumTempera on panel
Dimensions85,6 cm × 63 cm (337 in × 25 in)
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Copy in the Galleria Palatina.

Madonna and Child with Two Saints is a tempera on panel painting by Perugino, dating to around 1495. It is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The saint to the right is Catherine of Alexandria, whilst the saint to the left is unidentified but may be Rose of Viterbo or Mary Magdalene.

Bibliography (in Italian)

  • Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino, in Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Florence, 2004 ISBN 888117099X
  • Pierluigi De Vecchi, Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, volume 2, Bompiani, Milan, 1999. ISBN 88-451-7212-0
  • Stefano Zuffi, Il Quattrocento, Electa, Milan, 2004. ISBN 8837023154