PINTURICCHIO
(b. ca. 1454, Perugia, d. 1513, Siena)

Homage to Pope Eugenius IV in the Name of Emperor Frederick III

1502-08
Pen and brown ink with brown wash, 650 x 405 mm
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth

The composition of this drawing demonstrates changes as compared to the finished fresco in the Piccolomini Library. It is now thought to be the work of one of Pinturicchio's collaborators reflecting an earlier design.