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Pietro Perugino (US: / ˌ p ɛr ə ˈ dʒ iː n oʊ,-r uː ˈ-/ PERR-ə-JEE-noh, -oo-; [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro peruˈdʒiːno]; born Pietro Vannucci or Pietro Vanucci; [4] c. 1446/1452 – 1523), an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance.
Fontignano is a frazione of the comune of Perugia, Italy, located near Lake Trasimeno. The famous High Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino died of the plague in Fontignano in 1524 and some of his masterpieces are still preserved in Fontignano.
Located in the small village of Fontignano (near Perugia), the church of Annunziata is most famous for the tomb of the famous painter Perugino, who was working at the fresco decoration of this church when he was caught by plague and died in 1523.
Papal States, territories of central Italy over which the pope had sovereignty from 756 to 1870. Included were the modern Italian regions of Lazio (Latium), Umbria, and Marche and part of Emilia-Romagna, though the extent of the territory, along with the degree of papal control, varied over the centuries.
Pietro Vannucci died of the plague in 1523 in Fontignano, not far from Perugia; where he was buried under a tree. His remains were rediscovered no sooner than 1911, then transferred into a memorial in the Church of the Annunziata (Madonna of Annunciation).
Fontignano. Hamlets and Castles. Fontignano is on the slope of a hill, near the Trasimeno Lake, half-way between Perugia and Città della Pieve. Its name originates from latin and probably descend by the noble Fontinius family, owner of these lands.
Madonna with Child – Church of Annunziata – Fontignano (Perugia) The paintings in Fontignano are the last executed by Perugino during his life: now old, he was caught by the plague while working in the village, where he is in fact buried.
