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Excerpt from The Magazine of Art: April, 1899 Vasari, in his Life of Perugino, relates how that master in the church of San Piero, the abbey of the black monks. In Perugia, painted on a large panel for the high altar the Ascension. With the Apostles below, who are looking up towards the heavens; in the predella of this picture are three stories executed with much care, namely, [the Adoration of] the Magi, the Baptism, and the Resurrection of Christ. The whole of this picture is so full of excellent work manship, that it is the best of those which are in Perugia, executed in oil* by the hand of Pietro (vasari, ed. Sansoni, iii. Fortunately, the original contract for this picture has been pre served at Perugia among the archives of the abbey; and was printed by Baldassare Orsini, in his Vita, Elogio e Memorie dell' egregio pittore, Pietro Perugino. Perugia, 1804, p. Ho. This instrument recites how, on the 8th March, 1495, Le. 1496 common style, the abbot and chapter of the monastery gave out on contract to Perugino. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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