This documentary pays tribute to Pietro Perugino, one of the most revered Italian Renaissance painters of the fifteenth century, and commemorates the 500th anniversary of his death. It takes viewers on a journey to explore the life and legacy of this influential artist, who inspired great painters, including Raphael, his most famous pupil.
Travel through Italy to discover his great masterpieces, from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel to the two rooms entirely dedicated to him in the National Gallery of Umbria. Spectators will be led on a guided discovery of the artist’s harmonious work: a perfect balance between man and nature, realism and idealism, as seen in paintings such as “The Delivery of the Keys” in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, “Lamentation over the Dead Christ” in the Galleria Palatina in Florence, the “Pietà” and “Agony in the Garden” in the Uffizi Gallery.