# Portrait of the Donor

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PINTURICCHIO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

In the period 1504-06 Pinturicchio accepted some smaller commissions in Siena, in addition to working in the Piccolomini Library. Among these commissions he painted scenes from the life of St John the Baptist in the Chapel of St John in the cathedral. Here he depicted the portrait of the donor, Alberto Aringhieri, in the habit of a knight of Malta.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Christ Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/adoration-of-the-christ-child-detail-rb0ff1fd426a200>)
- [Adoration of the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/adoration-of-the-christ-child-r9abbf43b1dcceb>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-detail-r4bef48f5e4e77e>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-detail-r813319fdc68109>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-r774e7d1dd2d581>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-ree38f6562df6e7>)
- [Christ among the Doctors \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/christ-among-the-doctors-detail-r8f5189fdd4d835>)
- [Christ among the Doctors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/christ-among-the-doctors-rc53923aa7c9377>)
- [Death of St Bernardine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/death-of-st-bernardine-rde56e666dc15ca>)
- [Entrance to the Piccolomini Library](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/entrance-to-the-piccolomini-library-r8287bb8d677f98>)
- [Four Enthroned Sibyls](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/four-enthroned-sibyls-r6d90e456163f35>)
- [Homage to Pope Eugenius IV in the Name of Emperor Frederick III](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/homage-to-pope-eugenius-iv-in-the-name-of-emperor-frederick-iii-r45a21289f70640>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)