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  2. Siena Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Siena Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, ... Piccolomini Library 17) Andrea Bregno Piccolomini Altarpiece 18) ...

  3. Piccolomini Altarpiece - Wikipedia

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    The Piccolomini Altarpiece is an architectural and sculptural altarpiece in the left-nave of Siena Cathedral, commissioned by cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini who expected it to become his tomb. However, he was elected Pope Pius III and buried in the Vatican.

  4. Grotesque - Wikipedia

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    Ceiling of the Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, by Pinturicchio and his assistants, 1502–1503. The first appearance of the word grottesche appears in a contract of 1502 for the Piccolomini Library attached to the duomo of Siena.

  5. Piccolomini (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza, Italy; Piccolomini (crater), a prominent lunar impact crater; Piccolomini Altarpiece, an altarpiece in Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy; Piccolomini Library, in the Cathedral of Siena, Italy; Mass in C major, K. 258 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, sometimes known as the Piccolomini Mass

  6. Pope Pius II - Wikipedia

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    Pope Pius II depicted in a fresco, located in the "Piccolomini library" in Siena, painted by Pinturicchio c. 1507. From the first day of his papacy, Pius' greatest priority was freeing Europe from the threat of the Turks, through a great crusade. [ 46 ]

  7. Three Graces (Raphael) - Wikipedia

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    The image depicts three of the Graces of classical mythology. It is frequently asserted that Raphael was inspired in his painting by a ruined Roman marble statue displayed in the Piccolomini Library of the Siena Cathedral—19th-century art historian [Dan K] held that it was a not very skillful copy of that original—but other inspiration is possible, as the subject was a popular one in Italy.

  8. Giovanni di Stefano (sculptor) - Wikipedia

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    Saint John the Evangelist, Siena Cathedral, Entrance to Piccolomini Library Giovanni di Stefano (1443 – c. 1506) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor , bronze-caster, and engineer. Baptized on 20 June 1443, he was the son of Stefano di Giovanni .

  9. Piccolomini - Wikipedia

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    In 1220, Engelberto d'Ugo Piccolomini received the fief of Montertari in Val d'Orcia from the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II as a reward for the services rendered. The family acquired houses and towers in Siena as well as castles and territories in the republic, including Montone and Castiglione; the latter sold to the comune in 1321.

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