Pietro Perugino, born Pietro Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael was his most famous pupil.

Who taught Pietro Perugino?

Perugino was apprenticed (at the tender age of nine) to the local artistic workshops of Perugia where he showed a precocious talent for his chosen trade. Later he worked under Piero della Francesca at Arezzo and then as a pupil of Andrea Verrocchio alongside Leonardo da Vinci, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Filipino Lippi.

When and where did Perugino live?

Perugino, byname of Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, (born c. 1450, Città della Pieve, near Perugia, Romagna [Italy]—died February/March 1523, Fontignano, near Perugia), Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbria school and the teacher of Raphael.