\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This picture was commissioned by the Decemvirs, the governing body of the city of Perugia, for the chapel of the Palazzo Pub
blico. The leading exponent of Umbrian Renaissance painting, Pietro Perugino, bestowed a sense of humanity on his graceful figures, which were the product of a complex culture derived from the artistÆs numerous contacts with Florentine, Flemish and Venet