CIRCLE OF PIETRO VANNUCCI, IL PERUGINO (1446-1523)

THIS STUDIO DRAWING RECORDS ONE OF PERUGINO'S MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPOSITIONS. VERSIONS ARE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, THE GALLERIA PALATINA, FLORENCE, THE LIECHTENSTEIN COLLECTION, VADUZ, AND THE MUSEO DIOCESANO, TRENTO. ANOTHER VERSION, ATTRIBUTED TO GAUDENZIO FERRARI, DATABLE TO 1510-1, IS IN ARONA, P. SCARPELLINI, PERUGINO, MILAN, 1984, NOS. 103 AND 106, FIGS. 185 AND 190. THE MOST COMPLETE COMPOSITION IS IN THE GALLERIA PALATINA. THE DRAWING DIFFERS FROM IT IN SEVERAL DETAILS, SUCH AS THE DRAPERY OF THE VIRGIN WHICH IS DIFFERENTLY FOLDED AND THE SACCO UNDER CHRIST, WHICH IS ABSENT IN THE PRESENT SHEET.