Date:1882
Description:
Pinturicchio
Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Receiving the Cardinal's Hat
Herr Kaiser (copyist)
Ink on paper
795mm x 570mm
Copy of a fresco by Pinturicchio in the Piccolomini Library at Siena, published by Storch & Kramer in 1882.
The library was commissioned by Pope Pius III, Franceso Todeschini Piccolomini (1439-1503), in honour of his uncle Pope Pius II, Aeneas Piccolomini (1405-1464). It houses frescoes by Pinturicchio and his school depicting ten scenes from the life of Pius II.
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Donor ref: LEAMG : M4282.1995.67 (72/23138)
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