Figure 1.--This depiction of the coronation of Pope Pius III (1503) by Pinturicchio is notable for the rich display of Renaissance fashion. Pius was old and not well when elected and his pontificate was only 26 days.
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Figure 1.--This depiction of the coronation of Pope Pius III (1503) by Pinturicchio is notable for the rich display of Renaissance fashion. Pius was old and not well when elected and his pontificate was only 26 days. |
Bernardino de Betti is better known as Pinturicchio. He was born in Perugia in 1454 at the heigth of the Italian Renaissance. He was an assistant to Pergino and assisted with the frescos in the Sistine Chappel. He worked for 8 years (1484-92) on the frescos in chapels of the Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. He also painted the walls of what is now the Vatican library. For our purposes here, Pinturicchio's work is notable for the Renaissance fashions that appear in many of his paintings. This depiction of the coronation of Pope Pius III (1503) by Pinturicchio is notable for the rich display of Renaissance fashion, including several boys.
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