Corciano Altarpiece
The kneeling saint is Thomas. Not John the Evangelist. You can tell it's Thomas because draped over his arms is Mary's belt that she has dropped from heaven to prove to "doubting" Thomas that her physical body is being assumed into heaven, and that she is not a vision or an apparition. This is a common motif in Renaissance painting.
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The '''''Corciano Altarpiece''''' is a 1513 painting by [[Perugino]] now in the parish church of Santa Maria in [[Corciano]].{{in lang|it}} Vittoria Garibaldi, ''Perugino'', in ''Pittori del Rinascimento'', Scala, Florence, 2004 {{ISBN|88-8117-099-X}} It was produced following a past commission for Perugino to decorate the high altar of the parish church in Corciano. |
The '''''Corciano Altarpiece''''' is a 1513 painting by [[Perugino]] now in the parish church of Santa Maria in [[Corciano]].{{in lang|it}} Vittoria Garibaldi, ''Perugino'', in ''Pittori del Rinascimento'', Scala, Florence, 2004 {{ISBN|88-8117-099-X}} It was produced following a past commission for Perugino to decorate the high altar of the parish church in Corciano. |
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It shows the [[Assumption of Mary]], with Mary herself in a [[contrapposto]] pose inside a double [[mandorla]], surrounded symmetrically by [[seraphim]], with two angels praying and two playing musical instruments. On the lower register are the twelve apostles, with only [ |
It shows the [[Assumption of Mary]], with Mary herself in a [[contrapposto]] pose inside a double [[mandorla]], surrounded symmetrically by [[seraphim]], with two angels praying and two playing musical instruments. On the lower register are the twelve apostles, with only [[Https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/travelnotebooks/2370v_perugino-s-corciano-altarpiece-a-masterpiece-in-the-place-for-which-it-was-born.php#:~:text=St.%20Thomas%2C%20recognizable%20by%20the%20Virgin%20%27s%20girdle%20on%20his%20arm St. Thomas] St. Thomas] kneeling. In the background are a clear sky and gilded treeless hills, forming a valley. |
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Perugino largely used and adapted his existing drawings for the work, reusing angels from the scene of the ''Baptism of Christ'' in the [[Sant'Agostino Altarpiece]] and arranging the apostles as in the [[Annunziata Polyptych]]. The work also has a two-panel predella showing ''The Annunciation'' and ''The Adoration of the Christ Child''. |
Perugino largely used and adapted his existing drawings for the work, reusing angels from the scene of the ''Baptism of Christ'' in the [[Sant'Agostino Altarpiece]] and arranging the apostles as in the [[Annunziata Polyptych]]. The work also has a two-panel predella showing ''The Annunciation'' and ''The Adoration of the Christ Child''. |
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