Italy (Siena)

Vaulted Ceiling Grotesque Ornament and Mythological Medallion of the Piccolomini Library (Siena Cathedral)

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Created during the High Renaissance period, specifically painted between 1502 and 1508.

This object is a fresco painting fragment executed directly on the vaulted plaster surface. The technique utilizes the buon fresco method combined with rich dry-pigment, delicate line-work, and gold-leaf applications on fine lime plaster, mastered by Bernardino di Betto, known as Pinturicchio, and his workshop assistants.