SAINT SCHOLASTICA

Saint Scholastica of Norcia followed the example of her brother Benedict and began the female movement Benedictine between the 5th and 6th Centuries. This is why she is depicted with a traditional dark tunic, the detail of which, unfortunately, has almost completely been lost. This work was severely damaged when it was stolen in 1916. It later reappeared in the hands of an antique dealer, in very poor condition. The panel was painted by Pietro Perugino for the great polyptych he executed between 1495 and 1500. It was included in the predella and, like the other seven small images of saints, was placed next to the episodes from the life of Christ that are now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.