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Pietro Perugino
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![]() Self-portrait, 1497–1500
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Born |
Pietro Vannucci
c. 1446 Città della Pieve, Papal States (now Umbria, Italy)
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Died | 1524 Fontignano, Papal States (now Umbria, Italy)
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Nationality | Italian |
Education | Andrea del Verrocchio |
Known for | Painting, fresco |
Notable work
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The Delivery of the Keys |
Movement | Italian Renaissance |
Pietro Perugino (1446–1524) was a leading Italian painter of the Umbrian school. He developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. He was born as Pietro Vannucci in Città della Pieve. Perugino also was one of Raphael's teachers.
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The Delivery of the Keys fresco, 1481–1482, Sistine Chapel, Rome.

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