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Detail Pinturicchio fresco cardinals assisting canonization Saint Catherine of Siena Siena Cathedral

Pinturicchio Fresco: Cardinals at the Canonization of Saint Catherine

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File Name

80000_147

Caption

The Piccolomini Library, south west wall: “ Pius II canonizes St. Catherine of Siena, June 29, 1461”, the ninth one of the ten stories about Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, future Pope Pius II, (1503 - 1508), fresco by Bernardino di Betto, known as Pinturicchio. Detail of cardinals assisting at the ceremony of canonisation.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini - Piccolomini Library - Clothes - Dress - Fresco - Art - Bernardino di Betto - Canonization - Cardinal - Cathedral - Catholicism - Duomo - Elegance - Enea Silvio Piccolomini - 16th Century - Italy - Libreria PIccolomini - Artwork - Pope - Pinturicchio - Pius II - Painting - Renaissance - St. Catherine - Siena - Tuscany - XVI century - costume