Fresco, Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral

Enea Piccolomini as an Ambassador to the Court of James I of Scotland, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1503-8, by Pinturicchio, 1454-1513, after designs by Raphael, depicting the life of Pius II, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13438556

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45123971

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4860px x 5906px (12.0MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen