Pinturicchio, 1509 - Chariot of Apollo - fine art print

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One of twenty-two panels (14.114.1–.22) forming the ceiling from the Palace of Pandolfo Petrucci, called Il Magnifico, Siena. The general distribution and partition of the ceiling appears to derive from that of a vaulted and painted ceiling in Nero's Golden House in Rome. Many of the individual figures also seem to derive from antique works of art– especially sarcophagi.

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Background information on this artwork painted by the Early Renaissance painter Pinturicchio

In 1509 the artist Pinturicchio made the 16th century piece of art. The beyond 510 years old original was made with the size: Overall: 31 × 30 1/8 in (78,7 × 76,5 cm) and was manufactured with the technique fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels. Moveover, the artpiece can be viewed in in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1914 (license: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Rogers Fund, 1914. The alignment is in square format and has a side ratio of 1 : 1, which means that the length is equal to the width. Pinturicchio was a painter, whose style can be attributed primarily to Early Renaissance. The artist was born in the year 1454 and passed away at the age of 59 in 1513.

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