Madonna in Glory with Saints


The Madonna in Glory with Saints is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino, dating to c. 1500–1501. It is housed in the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna, Italy.
It was originally located in the Scarani Chapel of the church of San Giovanni in Monte.

Description

The scheme of the composition, typical of Perugino's mature works, includes two different levels. The Madonna with Child, depicted within an almond in the upper part; and a group of four saints above a hilly landscape in the lower one.
The saints are, from the left: the Archangel Michael, Catherine of Alexandria, Apollonia.
Perugino's signature can be seen on Catherine's wheel.