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Pinturicchio (c. 1452-1513)

• His birth name was Bernardino di Betto, also known as Benetto di Biagio or Sordicchio.
• He was an Italian painter during the Renaissance.
• Pinturicchio was born the son of Benedetto or Betto di Biagio, in Perugia.
• According to Vasari, Pinturicchio was a paid assistant of Perugino.
• Pintoricchio acquired his nickname, meaning ("little painter"), because of his small stature.
• He also used it to sign some of his 15th and 16th century artworks.
• The Vatican picture gallery has the largest of Pinturicchio's panels — the Coronation of the Virgin.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, c. 1475/80.
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