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Marriage of the Virgin Pietro Perugino, 1501
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Marriage of the Virgin

Pietro Perugino · 1501

Why it's great

Joseph slides a ring onto Mary's finger in front of a priest, while a group of suitors snap their staffs in disappointment. Pietro Perugino painted it in 1501, and Raphael later copied the composition.

Where to see it

📍 Musée des Beaux-Arts de CaenCaen, France

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About the artist

Pietro Perugino

1448–1523 · born in Città della Pieve · died in Fontignano

Pietro Perugino was an Italian painter, born near Perugia in about 1448. He painted calm, sweet figures in wide, airy landscapes, and he taught Raphael. He died in 1523.

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