Focus on this artwork and discuss the History.
The commission of the work originated in 1480, when Perugino was decorating a chapel in the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope Sixtus IV was pleased by his work, and decided to commission him also the decoration of the new Chapel he had built in the Vatican Palace. Due to the size of the work, Perugino was later joined by a group of painters from Florence, including Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and others.Perugino's assistants in the Sistine Chapel included Pinturicchio. Some  figures in the fresco were traditionally attributed to him, but this has been disputed by 20th-century art historians. They were  painted by Andrea d'Assisi, Rocco Zoppo or, less likely, Lo Spagna or Bartolomeo della Gatta, other Perugino's collaborators of the time.
Old St. Peter's Basilica Sistine Chapel Andrea d'Assisi Pinturicchio Rome Bartolomeo della Gatta Pope Sixtus IV Ghirlandaio Botticelli Lo Spagna