Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library
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Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library
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Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library is a fresco transferred to canvas by the Italian Renaissance artist Melozzo da Forlì, once decorating the Vatican Library, now housed in the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Rome. The fresco was executed in 1477 as the central scene of the decoration of the Vatican Library, founded by Sixtus IV two years before, including works by Antoniazzo Romano and the brothers Davide and Domenico Ghirlandaio. The scene shows the Pope, seen slightly from b
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Fresco by Melozzo da Forlì
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixtus_IV_Appointing_Platina_as_Prefect_of_the_Vatican_Library
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2023-12-22T22:52:25Z
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