a feeling... for what in painting is more essential than charming faces and pretty colour." Berenson describes the painter as "a much more dependent person," and more "imitative." Others argue that much of Bonfigli's work was critical in the birth of the Umbria school of art, that had lagged behind Florence and Northern Italy until the mid 15th century, but quickly rose as a first rank with Perugino, his student, and then Raphael. Major works Adoration of the Child (1450; Florence, I Tatti) Adoration of the Kings, and Christ on the Cross (1465–75; London, N.G.) Altarpiece Adoration of the Magi with the predella of Episodes from the Life of Christ and a Miracle of St Nicholas (Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Annunciation (Madrid, Mus. Thyssen-Bornemisza) Annunciation with St Luke (Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Christ Hurling Thunderbolts on Perugia with the Virgin and Saints Interceding (1472; Perugia, S Maria Nuova) Crucifixion with SS Francis and Herculanus (restored 1565; Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Gonfalon of San Bernardino (1465; Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Lives of St. Louis of Toulouse and St. Herculanus (1454- 61; Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Madonna of Misericordia (Perugia, S Francesco al Prato) Miracles of St Bernard (1473; Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Sant Ercolano and San Ludovico (1454; Palazzo del Consiglio) St Bernard Interceding for the Citizens of Perugia (1465; Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Totila's siege of Perugia (Late 15th century; Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Virgin and Child with Two Angels (El Paso, TX, Mus. A.) Virgin and Four Saints (Perugia, G.N. Umbria) Virgin and Saints Interceding for Perugia (1476; Perugia, S Fiorenzo) References 1420s births 1490s deaths People from Perugia 15th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Quattrocento painters Italian male painters Umbrian painters