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Detail with cardinals from Pinturicchio's fresco 'Pius II presides over the Diet of Mantua', 1503-1508, Piccolomini Library

Pius II at the Diet of Mantua Fresco by Pinturicchio with Cardinals

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File Name

80000_134_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 with cardinals.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

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