Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch, and Saint Mary Magdalen? 1522–23 Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian When the plague struck Rome in 1522, Perino escaped toFlorence, where he reimmersed himself in the artistictraditions of his native city, studying the works of Masaccio,Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Fra Bartolommeo. Thisdrawing of the enthroned Virgin and Child surrounded bya balanced and symmetrical arrangement of saints—acompositional type known as a sacra conversazione, or“sacred conversation”—i
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch, and Saint Mary Magdalen? 1522–23 Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian When the plague struck Rome in 1522, Perino escaped toFlorence, where he reimmersed himself in the artistictraditions of his native city, studying the works of Masaccio,Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Fra Bartolommeo. Thisdrawing of the enthroned Virgin and Child surrounded bya balanced and symmetrical arrangement of saints—acompositional type known as a sacra conversazione, or“sacred conversation”—is based closely on admired modelsby Raphael and Fra Bartolommeo. No correspondingpainting by Perino is recorded, and it may be that the youngartist executed this careful study as an exercise rather thanin response to an actual commission. The inclusion of thekneeling saints Sebastian and Roch, whose intercession wasinvoked for protection against the plague, corroborates theproposed dating of the drawing on stylistic grounds to1522–23, when outbreaks of the plague occurred in Romeand, shortly after, in Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch, and Saint Mary Magdalen? 340457
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