\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \qj \f1 \fs24 \b Pinturicchio, called Bernardino di Betto (1454-1513)\par
\b0 PinturicchioÆs training took place under Verrocch
io and, above all, Perugino with whom he worked in Perugia and Rome on the decoration of the Sistine Chapel. Another important work that he executed during his stay in Rome was the decoration of the apartment of Alexander VI (1492-1503) in the Vatican pa
laces. From 1506 he settled in Siena. There, in 1503, he started work on the decoration on the Libreria Piccolomini in the city cathedral for Pope Pius III of Siena, who was elected and died in the same year of 1503. The painting in the cathedral, for wh
ich Pinturicchio used some drawings by Raphael, represented scenes from the life of Pope Pius II. The work was finished in 1508. Pinturicchio was not a great painter, but he was gifted with a facility for decoration and an easy narrative style.\par