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Condottiere Niccolo da Tolentino.                      
Equestrian portrait                                    
Fresco (1456)
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Condottiere Niccolo da Tolentino. Equestrian portrait...

Villa Barbaro, interior with frescoes.                 
Trompe-l'oeil architecture.                            
Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) and                         
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580).
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Villa Barbaro, interior with frescoes. Trompe-l'oeil architectu...

Legendary Queen Tomiri, from the Famous Men and Women  
series,painted for the Villa Carducci in Legnaia, 1450.
See also from the same series: Pipo Spano 40-07-01/24, 
The sibyl of Cumae 40-07-01/25.                        
Transferred to canvas, 245 x 155 cm    Inv. 97155
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Legendary Queen Tomiri, from the Famous Men and Women series,painted for the V...

In 1497 Signorelli began painting the Vita of Saint    
Benedict da Nurcia as told by Saint Gegory.The work,   
36 scenes in all, was completed 1505-1508 by Sodoma.   
Benedict sees through Totila's ruse who has sent       
a messenger in Totila's clothes.
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In 1497 Signorelli began painting the Vita of Saint Benedict da Nurcia as to...

In 1497 Signorelli began painting the Vita of Saint    
Benedict da Nurcia as told by Saint Gegory.The work,   
36 scenes in all, was completed 1505-1508 by Sodoma.   
Totila is received by Benedict.
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In 1497 Signorelli began painting the Vita of Saint Benedict da Nurcia as to...

Frescos from the spandrels of the main hall of the     
Assemblee nationale, Paris: King Lykurgos consults     
the pythia.
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Frescos from the spandrels of the main hall of the Assemblee nationale, Par...

Frescos from the spandrels of the main hall of the     
Assemblee nationale, Paris: Aristotle describes the    
animals which Alexander has sent him.
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Frescos from the spandrels of the main hall of the Assemblee nationale, Par...

Frescos from the spandrels of the main hall of the     
Assemblee nationale: Alexander and the poems of Homer.
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Frescos from the spandrels of the main hall of the Assemblee nationale: Ale...

Heliodoros expelled from the Temple, after trying to   
confiscate the Temple treasure (Macc.II, 3,7-40).      
See also 40-11-04/68,32-01-04/56,40-08-09/23.          
Saint Sulpice, Paris.
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Heliodoros expelled from the Temple, after trying to confiscate the Temple tr...

Jacob wrestling with the angel, 1850.
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Jacob wrestling with the angel, 1850.

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, secretary to cardinal      
Capranica, arrives at Talamone on his way to the       
Council of Basle.                                      
Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, humanist writer and diplo- 
mat to the Holy See, became Pope Pius II(1458-1464).
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, secretary to cardinal Capranica, arrives at Ta...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini arrives at Talamone.        
Detail of 40-14-01/11: The harbour of Talamone.        
(1502)                                                 
Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini arrives at Talamone. Detail of 40-14-01/11: T...