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It was built between 1481 and 1485 by Andrea Bregno in Carrara marble, with additions in the following decades – these included four niche sculptures produced between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo of saints Peter, Augustine (later resculpted as Saint Pius), Paul and Gregory.
It was built between 1481 and 1485 by Andrea Bregno in Carrara marble, with additions in the following decades - these included four niche sculptures produced between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo of Sts Peter, Augustine (later resculpted as Saint Pius), Paul and Gregory.
The Piccolomini Altarpiece is an architectural and sculptural altarpiece in the left-nave of Siena Cathedral, commissioned by cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini who expected it to become his tomb. However, he was elected Pope Pius III and buried in the Vatican.
It was built between 1481 and 1485 by Andrea Bregno in Carrara marble, with additions in the following decades - these included four niche sculptures produced between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo of Sts Peter, Augustine (later resculpted as St Pius), Paul and Gregory.
Nov 20, 2020 · Pius II’s second successor in the see was his nephew Francesco Todeschini (1439-1503), who added the name Piccolomini to his own when his uncle became Pope; he was made a cardinal in 1460, the same year in which the Pope raised the see of Siena to an archbishopric.
Learn more about Michelangelo's work on the Piccolomini Altarpiece in Siena Cathedral, Italy. You can also buy Michelangelo prints from our large gallery.
“Sassetta and the Guglielmi Piccolomini Altarpiece in Siena”, The Burlington Magazine, CLII, 2010, pp. 162–71.
