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Madonna and Child with Two Saints (Perugino, Vienna)

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Madonna and Child with Two Saints
ArtistPietro Perugino
Year1493–1495
MediumTempera on panel
Dimensions85,6 cm × 63 cm (337 in × 25 in)
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Madonna and Child with Two Saints is a painting in tempera on panel by Pietro Perugino, dating to around 1495. It is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The saint to the right is Catherine of Alexandria; the saint to the left is unidentified but may be Rose of Viterbo or Mary Magdalene.

Bibliography (in Italian)

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  • Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino, in Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Florence, 2004 ISBN 888117099X
  • Pierluigi De Vecchi, Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, volume 2, Bompiani, Milan, 1999. ISBN 88-451-7212-0
  • Stefano Zuffi, Il Quattrocento, Electa, Milan, 2004. ISBN 8837023154