500 year old renaissance Fresco dating from 1502, over 3 meters high, in the Piccolomini library of Siena cathedral. The fresco is one of a series recounting the story of the life of Siena's favourite son cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who eventually became Pope Pius II. He was the uncle of cardinal Francesco Piccolomini Todeschini (then archbishop of Siena and the future pope Pius III), who commissioned this library in 1492 as a repository of the books and the manuscript collection of his uncle. They were executed between 1502 and 1503 by Pinturicchio and his assistants.

500 year old renaissance Fresco dating from 1502, over 3 meters high, in the Piccolomini library of Siena cathedral. The fresco is one of a series recounting the story of the life of Siena's favourite son cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who eventually became Pope Pius II. He was the uncle of cardinal Francesco Piccolomini Todeschini (then archbishop of Siena and the future pope Pius III), who commissioned this library in 1492 as a repository of the books and the manuscript collection of his uncle. They were executed between 1502 and 1503 by Pinturicchio and his assistants.