PINTORICCHIO IN UMBRIA
Orvieto, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Piazza Duomo

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is one of the most majestic creations of Italian architecture, with its splendid façade and the works contained within. These works include the stunning painted cycle of the Capella di San Brizio, decorated by Luca Signorelli that followed the prestigious creation of Beato Angelico, the Capella del Corporale e della Tribuna. Within the Tribuna is the work of Bernardino di Betto – Pintoricchio, who was commissioned to paint four figures in 1492: two Evangelists and two doctors of the Church, to be painted on the right hand wall. He was also requested to retouch the XIV century frescoes that had deteriorated due to humidity. Following an important assignment in Rome appointed by Pope Alessandro VI, the artist left the Church in Orvieto before completing the work and returned only in 1496. In the final months of that year, the commissioned paintings were finished. Nowadays, only two of the four figures remain: San Marco Evangelista, portrayed with great and natural finesse on the throne with angels and cherubs and San Gregorio, portrayed in a more schematic style, perhaps due to the intervention of the artist’s collaborators, sitting within a study that opens onto a soft landscape.

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