God the Father with Two Saints

Fresco by Pietro Perugino

God the Father with Two Saints is a 1477–78 fresco by Perugino. It was painted for the church of San Francesco in Deruta and shows the town at its base, along with the inscription "DECRETO PUBBLICO DFCTA / ANNO D[OMI]NI MCCCCLXXV[II/III]". This shows it was an ex voto for the end of the plague in 1476 - the two saints are St Roch (right) and St Romanus (left), both invoked against the plague.^[1]

It comes from the painter's initial period back in Umbria after returning following his training under Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. It reuses elements from his previous work - St Roch's head is similar to that of Balthazar in Adoration of the Magi, whilst the pavement pattern is from The Miracle of the Stillborn Child.

Bibliography

^ DesOrmeaux, Anna Louise (May 2007). The Black Death and Its Effect on Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Art (Thesis). Louisiana State University. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino, in Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Florence, 2004 (ISBN 888117099X)

Pietro Perugino

Paintings

Nativity of the Virgin (c. 1472)
Pietà Gonfalon (c. 1472)
Visitation (c. 1472–1473)
Miracle of the Snow (c. 1472–1474)
Adoration of the Magi (Perugia) (c. 1470–1476)
God the Father with Two Saints (1477–1478)
St Sebastian between St Roch and St Peter (c. 1478)
Delivery of the Keys (c. 1481–1482)
Baptism of Christ (c. 1482)
Moses Leaving for Egypt (c. 1482)
Apollo and Daphnis (c. 1483)
Galitzin Triptych (c. 1485)
Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi (c. 1488)
Annunciation of Fano (c. 1488–1490)
St Sebastian (Nationalmuseum) (c. 1490)
Albani Torlonia Polyptych (c. 1491)
Madonna and Child with St Rose and St Catherine (c. 1490–1492) (with Andrea Aloigi)
Agony in the Garden (c. 1483–1493)
Pietà (c. 1483–1493)
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian (1493)
The Virgin appearing to St. Bernard (c. 1490–1494)
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Augustine (1494)
Portrait of Francesco delle Opere (1494)
Crucifixion (c. 1483–1495)
St Sebastian (Hermitage) (1493–1494)
Last Supper (c. 1493–1495)
Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1495)
Madonna and Child with Two Saints (c. 1495)
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1495)
Pazzi Crucifixion (c. 1495)
Portrait of a Boy (1495)
St Sebastian (Louvre) (c. 1495)
Decemviri Altarpiece (1495–1496)
Fano Altarpiece (1497)
Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist (c. 1497)
Madonna della Consolazione (c. 1496–1498)
Madonna del Sacco (c. 1495–1500)
Ascension of Christ (c. 1496–1500)
Certosa di Pavia Altarpiece (c. 1496–1500)
Collegio del Cambio frescos (1496–1500)
San Pietro Polyptych (c. 1496–1500)
San Francesco al Prato Resurrection (c. 1499)
Mary Magdalene (c. 1500)
Tezi Altarpiece (c. 1500)
Vallombrosa Altarpiece (c. 1500)
Madonna in Glory with Saints (c. 1500–1501)
Gonfalon of Justice (c. 1501)
Madonna and Child (c. 1501)
Monteripido Altarpiece (1502)
The Battle Between Love and Chastity (1503)
Adoration of the Magi (1504)
Marriage of the Virgin (c. 1500–1504)
The Martyrdom of St Sebastian (1505)
Annunziata Polyptych (1504–1507)
Chigi Altarpiece (c. 1506–1507)
Madonna of Loreto (c. 1507)
St Sebastian (São Paulo) (c. 1507)
Baptism of Christ (Città della Pieve) (c. 1510)
Sansepolcro Altarpiece (c. 1510)
Corciano Altarpiece (1513)
Madonna and Child with St Herculanus and St Constantius (1515)
Transfiguration Altarpiece (1517)
Madonna and Child with St Peter and St Paul (c. 1515–1520)
Holy Trinity (c. 1505–1521) (with Raphael)
Adoration of the Magi (Trevi) (c. 1521–1522)
Spello Pietà (c. 1521–1522)
Fontignano Madonna (1522)
Madonna of Graces with Two Saints (1522)
Sant'Agostino Altarpiece (1502–1523)