Melozzo, now in his late thirties, goes…

1477 CE

Melozzo, now in his late thirties, goes from Urbino to Rome, where in 1477 he paints the fresco “Pope Sixtus IV Naming Platina Prefect of the Vatican Library.”

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Melozzo da Forlì: Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library(1477; Fresco transferred to canvas; 370 cm × 315 cm [150 in × 124 in]; Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City)

Melozzo da Forlì: Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library(1477; Fresco transferred to canvas; 370 cm × 315 cm [150 in × 124 in]; Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City)

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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Bartolomeo Platina View → Melozzo da Forlì View → Pope Sixtus IV View →

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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View →

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Humanism, Renaissance View → Renaissance, Italian View → Renaissance Papacy View → Western Art: 1468 to 1480 View →

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