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Detail of Renaissance attire in Pinturicchio's fresco of the canonization of Saint Catherine of Siena by Pope Pius II

Renaissance Attire in Pinturicchio's Fresco of Saint Catherine's Canonization

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File Name

80000_143

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.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

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