According to Vasari, Raphael's death marked the end of the Roman period of Pellegrino da Modena, a member of Sanzio's workshop in the decoration of the Vatican Logge.
The analysis of various archival documents (previously published though ignored by scholars) has enabled us to reconstruct a new period of Pellegrino's activity in Capranica, near Rome, where he worked from April 1521 to November 1522. This documentation makes it possible to reconfirm the attribution to Pellegrino of the frescoes in the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Trevignano Romano; a reconsideration of the commissioning of the paintings and a different chronology for the 'Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony of Padua and Jerome and a young donor' are also suggested here.
The close contact between Pellegrino and Cardinal Ercole Rangoni, a prominent figure in the Rome of Leo X, governor of Capranica and bishop of Modena, allows us to identify Rangoni as a possible patron of Pellegrino from the time of his early activity in Rome.
Pellegrino's Ferrara origins, through his mother Taddea di Bruttura da Ferrara, are mentioned along with the painter's correct date of birth between 1483 and 1485. Pellegrino was therefore roughly the same age as Raphael, and his participation in Sanzio's workshop should be reconsidered on the basis of this evidence as well as information provided by Vasari, who mentions Pellegrino working on the Vatican Logge “in compagnia degli altri giovani”.