After Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523)
The Marriage of the Virgin c. 1855-6
Oil on canvas | 233.4 x 185.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406581
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Before a symmetrical temple and a paved piazza the Virgin and Joseph are married by a clergyman. Men are gathered behind Joseph and women are gathered behind the Virgin; all are shown at full-length.
This is a copy of identical dimensions of the altarpiece of 1500-4 from the Duomo in Perugia, now in the Musée at Caen. The copyist, Camille Payen, was a Flemish painter active in Paris c. 1850; his / her authorship is documented in Prince Albert’s accounts.Provenance
Acquired by Prince Albert, 1856
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
233.4 x 185.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
255.8 x 209.2 x 10.5 cm (frame, external)
