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Pinturicchio's ceiling fresco in the Piccolomini Library depicting a maritime thiasus scene with a triton and nereid

Pinturicchio's Ceiling Fresco in the Piccolomini Library: The Maritime Thiasus

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File Name

80000_207_1

Caption

The Piccolomini Library, the ceiling: smaller panel with scene of maritime thiasus (triton playing a trumpet, putti and a nereid), fresco by Bernardino di Betto, known as Pinturicchio.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

Musical Instrument - Piccolomini Library - Fresco - Cupid - Art - Bernardino di Betto - Cathedral - Duomo - 16th Century - Italy - Libreria PIccolomini - Sea - Greek Myth - Mythology - Music - Nereid - Nymph - Artwork - Pinturicchio - Painting - Putto - Renaissance - Siena - Ceiling - Strumento musicale - Thiasus - Tuscany - Trumpet - XVI century