Piccolomini Altarpiece, Siena Cathedral, Siena

Virgin and child statue by Jacopo della Quercia, 1374-1478, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13438491

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45122823

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7087px x 4946px (8.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen