# Pope Sixtus V

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PINADELLO, Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinadello-giovanni-r6af5a958707ca8>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Engraving

## Commentary

This engraving was published in &#34;Inuicti quinarii numeri series. Quae summatim a superioribus pontificibus et maxime a Sixto quinto res praeclare quadrienno gesta adnumerat ad eundem Sixtum quintum pont. opt. max. Romae, 1589 \(Romae : apud Franciscum Zannettum, 1589\)&#34;. Giovanni Pinadello was an artist from Treviso. To ensure that his extensive rebuilding of Rome would be remembered, Sixtus V commemorated his architectural commissions in a series of prints and publications. One of these shows him surrounded by his building projects in much the same way that &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/b/berlingh/stfranci.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/b/berlingh/stfranci.html&#34;&gt;early saints&#39; altarpieces&lt;/A&gt; showed saints surrounded by narratives of their miracles. Each of the small illustrations is diagramatically represented and carefully labeled so that there can be no doubt about Sixtus&#39;s accomplishments.

## Attribution

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