/internal/media/dispatcher/6539/fullFAS/D/5Draped male figure seen from behindArt / Drawings15th century1481-148214811482Pietro PeruginoPietro Perugino11.700000000017.000000000036.3000000000This is a study after a figure of an apostle seen on the right in the fresco 'La Consegna delle Chiavi' or 'Delivery of the Keys' by Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, dated 1481-2. It is possibly a training exercise executed by one of Perugino's pupils copying from the master's fresco.20.800000000026.000000000049.9000000000Acquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Support: 20.8 x 11.7 cm
Backing: 26 x 17 cm (10 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Mounted (museum): 49.9 x 36.3 cmMUŻAMUŻA, Reserve Collection61698095-60DrawingMuseum Annual Report (MAR) 1933-34, p. 15.
Stefania Lumetta, I Grandi Disegni del National Museum of Fine Arts di Valletta, Malta. L'Acquisizione di Vincenzo Bonello negli anni di curatela 1933-34, unpublished thesis, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Storico Artistici, Università degli Studi di Genova, 2013; pp. 18-20.
John Cauchi, 'Un disegno del Carpaccio ed uno del Perugino a La Vallette', Paragone, XVII, no 191, 1966, pp. 44-45.Heritage Malta149Metalpoint (brass) with white lead heightening on laid paper prepared with a groundDrawing1 sheetRome, Italy