Vecchietta (Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni). Pope Pius II, frontispiece to a Constitution of the Sienese Church of the Year 1464. 1464. Italy. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on parchment This illuminated frontispiece features Pope Pius II, who reigned from 1458 to 1464, above a view of his hometown of Siena and eight Sienese coats of arms. Pius II had an unusual past for a pope, having served as the imperial poet laureate in 1442 at Frederick III’s court. While poet laureate, he wrote what would become a best seller of its time, The Tale of the Two Lovers, a courtly romance. This m
Vecchietta (Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni). Pope Pius II, frontispiece to a Constitution of the Sienese Church of the Year 1464. 1464. Italy. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on parchment This illuminated frontispiece features Pope Pius II, who reigned from 1458 to 1464, above a view of his hometown of Siena and eight Sienese coats of arms. Pius II had an unusual past for a pope, having served as the imperial poet laureate in 1442 at Frederick III’s court. While poet laureate, he wrote what would become a best seller of its time, The Tale of the Two Lovers, a courtly romance. This manuscript cutting is probably a 19th-century copy that was produced for an art market infatuated with the Italian Renaissance.
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