Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral
Posted by Avital Pinnick on January 23, 2013
The colorful Pinturicchio frescoes of the Piccolomini Library are stunning. The wall panels depict the life of Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405-64), later Pope Pius II, and were commissioned by his nephew Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, in 1492. The ceiling panels depict mythological subjects.
The statue visible below is the Three Graces, a Roman copy of the Greek original:
Liturgical manuscripts:
Judy Montel said
drat – drooled all over the keyboard again!
pam said
My eyes are completely overwhelmed. Being in the very presence of all of this – I would have been stunned into silence and would have most certainly forgotten I was carrying a camera!
Avital Pinnick said
I forgot to mention how little time I had! We were about to leave the cathedral and saw people going into a side room. You had to keep moving in a continuous circuit around the room, so I had to take these photos really fast, in one round. Wish I could have stayed longer!