La Résurrection du Christ

Pietro Perugino painted this Résurrection du Christ around 1497, now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, the third of his panels in this collection suggesting a unified altarpiece program or polyptych commission. The Resurrection — Christ triumphant over death, rising from the tomb — was one of the central feasts of the Christian year and demanded both theological solemnity and visual power. Perugino's treatment shows his characteristic balancing of celestial drama with earthly response: the soldiers sleeping or cowering, the risen Christ in glowing glory. The Rouen triptych of Perugino works — Baptism, Resurrection, and Adoration — forms one of the most important concentrations of his work outside Italy, reflecting the high regard for his art among late 15th-century French collectors and patrons.

Oil on panel with Perugino's characteristic soft modeling, balanced composition, and luminous Umbrian landscape. The work demonstrates the artistic qualities characteristic of Pietro Perugino's mature period.