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The Piccolomini Library fresco cycle occupies a richly decorated room adjoining Siena Cathedral and was painted by Pinturicchio and his workshop between 1502 and 1508. Ten large narrative scenes recount episodes from the life of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the Sienese humanist and diplomat who became P...
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Popular Pinturicchio cycle, brilliant color and narrative clarity, high visitor appeal though less innovative.
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The Borgia Apartments are a suite of rooms in the Vatican Palace decorated by Pinturicchio and his workshop for Pope Alexander VI between 1492 and 1494. Their fresco program combines Christian subjects, saints, prophets, allegories, classical imagery, and references associated with the Borgia papacy...
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Important Pinturicchio Vatican decorations, rich and historically charged, but less critically esteemed than Raphael Rooms.
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