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Siena Cathedral façade Gargoyles and Saints on façade. The façade of Siena Cathedral is one of the most fascinating in all of Italy and certainly one of the most impressive features in Siena. [6] Each of the cardinal points (west, east, north, and south) has its own distinct work; by far the most impressive of these is the west façade.
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.
He became Bishop of Trieste in 1447, Bishop of Siena in 1450, and a cardinal in 1456. He was a Renaissance humanist with an international reputation. Aeneas Silvius' longest and most enduring work is the story of his life, the Commentaries , which was the first autobiography of a pope to have been published.
In 1457, [7] Todeschini-Piccolomini was granted the office of Provost of the Collegiate Church of Sankt Viktor in Xanten (later Xanten Cathedral), which had been a benefice of his uncle. Francesco held the benefice from 1457 to 1466, and again from 1476 to 1495. [8] Cardinal Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini was elected pope as Pius II on 19 August 1458.
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.
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.
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. [1]
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