Pala della Trasfigurazione

It was demolished in the 1540s to make way for the moat of the Rocca Paolina and the Servites moved to the church of Santa Maria Nuova with their large collection of artworks, including Transfiguration, which was moved into that church's Graziani chapel, where it stayed until moving to its present home in 1863. The upper register shows Christ standing on a cloud in a contrapposto pose within a double mandorla and a ring of seraphim. Beside him are Moses and Elijah, kneeling on the same cloud. In the lower register are the apostles John (kneeling), Peter and James (to the right). In the background is a landscape. The composition largely reworks existing drawings made by Perugino, with the two registers and the mandorla originally used in his now lost Assumption in the Sistine Chapel. It is also directly influenced by his Collegio del Cambio Transfiguration fresco in the Sala delle Udienze del Collegio del Cambio, also in Perugia.

It is recorded as the work of Pietro Perugino. Materials recorded for it are oil paint and canvas. The record gives 1517 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is associated with Italian Renaissance. Recorded genres are religious art. It is recorded in the collection of National Gallery of Umbria.

• Title — Transfiguration • Artist — Perugino • Year — 1517 • Medium — oil on panel • Height Metric — 290 • Width Metric — 185 • Museum — Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria • City — Perugia • Illustration — Transfiguration, Collegio del Cambio, Pérouse • Illustration — Drawing by Pinturicchio of Perugino's lost Assumption in the Sistine Chapel.