Private collection.

Luca Signorelli, along with Piero della Francesca (circa 1415 - 1492) and Pietro Perugino (circa 1450 - 1523), was one of the most prominent Umbrian painters of the 15th and early 16th century. Born around 1445 in Cortona, Signorelli was a pupil of Piero, whose style had great influence on the young artist's work. Signorelli is regarded as one of the most important precursors of the High Renaissance and is said to have inspired M🎉ichelangelo's compositions from the early 1500s. 

The size, composition and typology of the Saints presented here suggest they were pilaster bases in the predella of a large, single-panel altarpiece. The loose modelling of the forms, along with the conventional rendering of the heads and drawing of the folds place these panels within Signorelli’s mature oeuvre. The proportions of the figures, the physiognomy of the faces, and the fall of the draperies bear a strong resemblance to Signorelli's Saint Roch¹ and Saint Sebastian² from 1515-20 in Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.

We are grateful to Pr෴ofessor Laurence B. Kanter for endorsing the attribution to Luca Signorelli ♑after first-hand inspection.

1. Tempera on panel, 29.6 by 16.3 cm. See

2. Tempera on panel, 2ꦺ9.6 by 16.3 cm. See