\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 A splendid example of PeruginoÆs art, this work is typical of the very high level of quality attained by works painted for private dev
otion in the High Renaissance. The fact that the painting was intended for private rather than public use is evident from its round shape, typically adopted for this purpose.\par
The distribution of color tones shows that the painter also took great car
e to attain a balanced composition: the sequence of reds running diagonally through the three figures in the foreground is matched by a series of shades of green running in the same direction and contrasted by the cold tone of the two dull blue dresses i
n the opposite one. Our attention is caught by the sky blue of the VirginÆs cloak in the middle of the painting.
