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Hall 7
The
Influence of Perugino and Raffaello at the beginning of the 16th century.
Despite the nearness of artistically rich Perugia and four paintings by
young Raffaello at Cittą di Castello the dominant artistic influence
remained that of Luca Signorelli. However, the curators of the Pinacoteca
wanted to assemble in this hall the museum's three most evident examples of
Raffaello's influence on painting and the influence of Perugia on wood
carving. In 1501, the same year in which Raffaello was completing the pannel
of S. Nicola in a style highly influenced by his "Maestro" Perugino,
Antonio Bencivenni (Mercatello, 1476 - 1530) completed the Armadio di
Sacrestia in the church of Madonna delle Grazie, commissioned by Mons.
Giulio Vitelli (appointed bishop by Alessandro Borgia in 1499). The enormous
closet on exhibition in this hall was restored (1981 - 1986) and is now in
excellent condition with all its original details.
Its
close link with woodworking art at Perugia in that period is evident.
Many
of its decorative elements are the same as those on the door of the Collegio
del Cambio (Perugia), while other decorative details were clearly inspired
by models in Urbino.
Another work on exibition in the hall is the pannel of All Saints by
Francesco Tifernate.
In
this painting the influence of Raffaello's Colonna Pannel (1502 - 1503),
painted for the S. Antonio monestery at Perugia, is clearly evident. Another
work by the same painter, the Annunciazione, in the Cathedral Museum of
Cittą di Castello is modelled on a painting by Urbinate - The Pala Oddi.
Francesco Tifernate was a highly eccletic artist who at the height of his
career realised a synthesis of the styles of Raffaello and Luca Signorelli,
this is evident in another Annunciazione of his (1505 - 1506) in the
Pinacoteca, originally painted for the Magalotti altar in San Domenico with
specific instructions to use the Crucifiction by Raffaello in the same
church as a model. Only with difficulty could artists so highly influenced
by Luca Signorelli, as was the case at Cittą di Castello, succeed in
successfully assimilating the artistic precepts of Raffaello.
  
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