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Detail of Pinturicchio fresco, Piccolomini Library: falcon hunting pheasant, Siena Cathedral

Pinturicchio's Fresco with Falcon in the Piccolomini Library

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File Name

80000_151_3

Caption

The Piccolomini Library, south west wall: “ Pius II blessing the fleet about to leave from Ancona for the Holy Land”, the last one of the ten stories about Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, future Pope Pius II, (1503 - 1508), fresco by Bernardino di Betto, known as Pinturicchio. Detail with a falcon chasing a pheasant.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini - Piccolomini Library - Fresco - Tree - Art - Bernardino di Betto - Cathedral - Sky - Duomo - Enea Silvio Piccolomini - Pheasant - Falcon - 16th Century - Chasing - Italy - Libreria PIccolomini - Artwork - Pope - Pinturicchio - Pius II - Painting - Renaissance - Siena - Tuscany - Bird - XVI century