“Pietro Perugino in Fano – Primus pictor in orbe”
edited by Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari
with Emanuela Daffra
Primus pictor in orbe: the first painter in the world, this is how Perugino is described in the 1488 contract that took him to work in Fano where he would create two eminent works: the Durante Altarpiece and the Annunciation.
The Durante Altarpiece, restored to its lost splendor, will witness an unprecedented event that highlights the strength of an emblematic case.