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Detail Pinturicchio fresco: oriental dress scholar and books, Piccolomini Library Siena Cathedral

Pinturicchio Fresco with Oriental Scholar in the Piccolomini Library

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File Name

80000_132_2

Caption

The Piccolomini Library, south west wall: “ Pius II presides over the Diet of Mantua, June1, 1459”, the eighth 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 a scholar in oriental dress and a carpet with books in the foreground

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini - Piccolomini Library - Clothes - Dress - Fresco - Art - Bernardino di Betto - Cathedral - Knowledge - Scholar - Duomo - Enea Silvio Piccolomini - 16th Century - Italy - Libreria PIccolomini - Book - Artwork - Orient - Pope - Pinturicchio - Pius II - Painting - Renaissance - Siena - Carpet - Tuscany - XVI century - costume