▁art ▁histor ians ▁attribute ▁it ▁to ▁Per ug ino ▁alone ▁or ▁with ▁assistance ▁from ▁Sign or elli . ▁The ▁deep ▁ch iar osc uro ▁is ▁compar able ▁to ▁Sign or elli ' s ▁style ▁elsewhere ▁or ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁style ▁of ▁Per ug ino ▁whilst ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁by ▁Ver ro chio . ▁The ▁landscape ▁background ▁is ▁typical ▁of ▁Per ug ino , ▁with ▁mountains ▁and ▁hills ▁in ▁deep ▁perspective . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁usually ▁dated ▁to ▁between ▁ 1 4 7 0 ▁and ▁ 1 4 7 8 ▁or ▁to ▁between ▁ 1 4 8 0 ▁and ▁ 1 4 9 0 ▁- ▁if ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁latter , ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁paint ings ▁produced ▁for ▁the ▁church ▁of ▁the ▁Jes u ati ▁monaster y ▁of ▁San ▁Gi usto ▁alle ▁m ura ▁in ▁Florence ▁- ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁are ▁Piet à ▁and ▁Ag ony ▁in ▁the ▁Garden . ▁To ▁the ▁left ▁of ▁the ▁cross ▁stand ▁saint ▁Jer ome ▁( in sp iration ▁for ▁the ▁Jes u ati ) ▁and ▁Francis ▁of ▁Ass isi . ▁To ▁its ▁right ▁are ▁Mary ▁Mag dal ene ▁touch ing ▁Christ ' s ▁feet , ▁B less ed ▁Giovanni ▁Col om bin i ▁( found er ▁of ▁the ▁Jes u ati ) ▁and ▁John ▁the ▁Bapt ist ▁( pat ron ▁saint ▁of ▁Florence ). ▁John ▁points ▁to ▁Christ , ▁whilst ▁Jer ome ▁has ▁thrown ▁down ▁his ▁cardinal ' s ▁cap ▁at ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁cross , ▁symbol ising ▁his ▁re jection ▁of ▁earth