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![]() ![]() ![]() A man with a remarkable nose - his body on some pictures seems thin and at others a little more corpulent (perhaps this changed during his time as pope). ![]() ![]() The picture below is from 1471, short after the election of Sixtus IV - the remarkabe nose is recognizable and the body is thin (see detail) ![]() ![]() The most famous picture of Sixtus IV. shows the election of Platina (middle) as Librarian of the Vatican. Platina was a leading member of the Accademia Romana. ![]() |
![]() The unknown Pope of the Mantegna Tarocchi E-series is possibly Pope Sixtus IV ![]() Ladenspelder in ca. 1550 copied the E-series pope ![]() Dürer variated the pope in his pen paintings of the Mantegna Tarocchi. ![]() In 1502 Dürer painted the saint Sixtus II. (another pope) together with two other saints. This "Sixtus II" had similarities with his Tarocchi- Pope |
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