Melozzo from Forlì Sixtus IV appoints Platina prefect of the Vatican library is a fresco (370x315 cm) from Forli
Melozzo of
1477 and now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana
.
The fresco is one of the most popular commemorative effigies of Pope Sixtus IV
. It comes from the Vatican Library
, founded by the Pope a few years earlier in 1475
, and shows the first appointment of the Prefect, the humanist
Platina Bartolomeo Sacchi said.
The fresco was the central episode of the series of paintings also entrusted to
Antoniazzo Romano and brothers
Domenico and David Ghirlandaio
for the decoration of such a place.
On the right is the Pope, seated on a wooden chair, kneeling in front with the platinum, which, on receiving the investiture, point the finger down to an inscription composed by himself that highlights some builders of Sixtus IV such as the restructuring of the Hospital of Santo Spirito, the aqueduct of Trevi (or '
Acqua Vergine), construction or renovation of several bridges including
Ponte Sisto , the beginning of the work of the port of Civitavecchia
. These companies, however, according to the inscription, are minor when compared with the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Vatican Library. (
here )
Melozzo from Forlì was the first to practice it with great success
view from below, "the art of up and down, the hardest and the most rigorous "
[1] .
Sacristy of San Marco -Loreto.
From time to eight segments, radiating eight "windows" on blue background framed by massive frames painted, richly decorated old (
candelabra,
kyma , etc..), which recreate the effect of stucco reliefs that continue the real architecture. (
here )
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