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Fresco by Pinturicchio, Pius II presides over the Diet of Mantua, Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral

Pinturicchio's Fresco 'Pius II Presides over the Diet of Mantua'

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File Name

80000_130

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.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

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