Ghigo Roli photographer

Detail of Pinturicchio's fresco with the portrait of young Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, future Pope Pius II, on a white horse in travel attire, in Siena Cathedral

Pinturicchio Fresco: Aeneas Silvius at the Council of Basel Portrait

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File Name

80000_039

Caption

The Piccolomini Library, north-east wall: “Aeneas Sylvius journeys to the Council of Basel, winter 1432”, the first 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 the young future Pope.

City

Siena (SI)

Location

Duomo (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)

Keywords

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