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Wish I Knew Who Painted This

1/10/2026

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Although I am the furthest thing from an art expert, regular readers know I enjoy studying paintings and commenting on them in what I would describe as a slapdash manner. I tend to peruse and examine art online a few times a week, and I often download images I hope to post and comment on at a later time.

Unfortunately, I sometimes forget to make note of where I happened to find the painting, what it is called, and the artist who created it, as with the painting below. For the life of me, I cannot figure out who painted it. (There's some info in the bottom-left corner of the photo, but I cannot make out what is written there.)
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John Vie
1/10/2026 20:20:59

Christ with the Sarcophagus
Perugino
Galleria Narionale dell'Umbria
unfortunately their site is under construction. I am assuming the following (commercial gallery) is accurate, it isn't for sale but the hope is the gallery can sell a similar one you have just found in your attic!
https://www.nicholashall.art/artwork/perugino/christ-with-the-sarcophagus-decemviri-altarpiece/
Thanks to Google image search.
All the best.

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NLR
1/10/2026 20:29:30

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Perugino, #57 out of 161

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Matias Forss
1/10/2026 20:40:48

Cranach came to my mind when I saw the picture and one of the words in the corner might be Cranach. Just a guess, I don’t think I have seen the painting.

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Henri
1/11/2026 00:35:01

It looks like the small upper part of the Decemviri Altarpiece by Pietro Perugino. This page seems to refer to an exhibition of the painting in its original location:
https://gallerianazionaledellumbria.it/mostre/il-ritorno-della-pala-dei-decemviri-di-pietro-perugino/

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Francis Berger
1/11/2026 06:50:42

Thanks to all! Much appreciated.

Incidentally, I hope to visit Umbria this spring. Perhaps I'll get to see this -- and many other great pieces -- in person

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