# The Pazzi Crucifixion

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PERUGINO, Pietro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/perugino-pietro-r7715b5f56f6287>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Fresco, 480 x 812 cm

## Commentary

The painting was commissioned in 1493. On the left side St Bernard and the Virgin, on the right side St John the Evangelist and St Benedict are represented. In the centre the crucified Christ is depicted with Magdalene. The lower part of the fresco was repainted. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 22 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/16\_cent/palestrina\_missa\_brevis.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa brevis&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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- [Assumption of the Virgin with Four Saints \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/perugino-pietro-r7715b5f56f6287/assumption-of-the-virgin-with-four-saints-detail-r71feec748a83c3>)
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- [Baptism of Christ \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/perugino-pietro-r7715b5f56f6287/baptism-of-christ-detail-rfbeebaf2cbadbe>)

## Attribution

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