Sienese

Sienese
adjective or noun see Siena

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Pietro di Francesco degli Orioli — (approx. 1458 ndash; 1496) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. Pietro Orioli was a renaissance painter who came from the Italian city of Siena in Tuscany. Sienese art of the quattrocento has only recently begun to receive… …   Wikipedia

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