PINTORICCHIO IN UMBRIA
Città di Castello, Museum of the Duomo
Piazza Gabriotti 3/a

The ancient Roman Tiferno was the main town and the most populated settlement in the high valley of the Tevere. During the medieval era it was a free council, powerful enough to extend its dominion over the territory beyond the Apennines. The Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino is housed in the Museum of the Duomo, adjacent to the Cathedral. This painting is a reworking of an early work and only partially authored by Pintoricchio. Attribution of this work was extremely difficult due to its state of conservation; it had been compromised by a drastic cleaning intervention many years ago. According to a common oral tradition, the painting was located in Città di Castello because it was to decorate the bedroom of Grania, the widow of the painter, who lived here before her death.

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