PERINO DEL VAGA (FLORENCE 1501-ROME 1547)
A Fragment: The Bad Thief (Gestas)
c. 1520-25RCIN 402868
This and no. 4i to the left are the only surviving fragments of an altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, damaged by a flood in October 1530 and dismembered by 1600. The missing sections showed Christ lowered from the cross by grieving apostles, two of whom are visible on the right panel.