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PERUGINO, Pietro: The Pazzi Crucifixion

🖼 The Pazzi Crucifixion, 1494-96
Fresco
480 × 812 cm
Florence, Italy

Serene landscape stretches behind Christ's slender form suspended on the cross, rendered with Perugino's characteristic sfumato and geometric clarity. This devotional altarpiece exemplifies early Renaissance spirituality, merging classical proportion with intimate prayer, profoundly influencing Florentine religious art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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