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Pinturicchio fresco depicting Pope Pius II entering St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, 1458

Pinturicchio Fresco: Pope Pius II Enters St. Peter's Basilica, 1458

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File Name

80000_119_1

Caption

The Piccolomini Library, south west wall: “Aeneas Sylvius, elected pope with the name of Pius II, enters St. Peter’s, September 3, 1458”, the seventh 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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